PSCI 2301 Lecture Notes - Arbitrary Arrest And Detention, Limited Government, Social Contract

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI 2301
• Professor: Peter Fitzgerald

Document Summary

Class 4 psci2300b january 27, 2014 locke 1. John locke origin and extent of government: hobbes civil war 1640, locke, 1689, glorious revolution. Hobbes sees man as a machine, whereas locke disagrees doesn"t want such radical break from tradition as hobbes does. Locke trying to moderate hobbes radical paradigm by bringing in right reason (natural law) and christian conscience (difference between good and evil in your heart/mind). Relying upon questionable metaphysics, but gives a nicer form of government than hobbes: critique of hobbes, but still modern reasonable . Still starts with man in a state of nature (modern) Difference between ancients and moderns is that community comes first for the ancients, and shapes you. Primitive state must be surpassed to a civilized state. You do this by creating a civil society based on rule of law. Contract and create civil government as a product of free will (like hobbes)