PSCI 2301 Lecture Notes - Heredity, Counterforce, Natural And Legal Rights
7 Jul 2014
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Class 5 psci2300b february 3, 2014 locke 2. Life, liberty, and estate = property in general. Consent is in original social contract, but also has to be renewed in electoral process. Overall, limited constitutional government rule of law. Government provides minimal needs security and preservation of property no higher values (philosophy, honour, wisdom, etc. Locke state of nature: state of nature governed by law of nature, free will. Human beings are not beast have conscience. Hodgepodge of principles from different philosophers; not as logical and sequential as. Root of liberalism = liberty hobbes, locke, rousseau all ascribe to this: god given inalienable national rights, life, liberty, property. Natural rights theorists because you cannot contract rights away: state of nature not a state of war, but of national society (self-help) They go against right-reason and infringe natural rights of others which they should no. State of war requires transgression (force against you or your property).
