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John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas greatly influenced political theory, particularly regarding the separation of church and state. He argued for the importance of individual rights and freedoms, proposing that government should be based on the consent of the governed and should protect natural rights, including life, liberty, and property.
Jun 30, 2017 · Abstract. Alzate analyzes John Locke ’s theory of religious liberty found in A Letter Concerning Toleration to elucidate the individual’s right of religious belief and worship, as well as the origins, extent, and limitations of that right. Although freedom of religion is an individual right, it is necessarily a political issue.
- Elissa B. Alzate
- ealzate@winona.edu
- 2017
- The “Consent Argument”
- The “Truth Argument”
- Limitations of The “Truth Argument”
- The “Rationality Argument”
Locke’s first “consideration” for toleration I have dubbed the “consent argument” (Tate 2016a: 136–38; Tate 2009: 770–773; Tate 2010a: 990–991). This argument for toleration draws, for its plausibility, on the same model of government that Locke advances in the Two Treatises of Government. Within that model, Locke insists on a basic equation betwee...
Locke’s second “consideration” for toleration I have dubbed the “truth argument” (Tate 2016a: 127–134; Tate 2009: 767–768; Tate 2010a: 992–93). Like the “consent argument,” the “truth argument” directly opposes the propensity of state authorities, in Locke’s time, to impinge upon the religious liberties of those subject to their jurisdiction by imp...
What should be apparent is that although the “truth argument” might be persuasive in convincing individuals to resist the attempts of state authorities to impose religious obligations upon them, it has serious shortcomings as an argument for toleration (see Tate 2016a: 131–32). Toleration, after all, is the practice which (in this context) is engag...
Locke’s third “consideration” for toleration I have dubbed the “rationality argument” (see Tate 2016a: 135; Tate 2009: 763–768; Tate 2010a: 991). The term “rationality” draws strongly on Jeremy Waldron who believes that this “consideration” constitutes Locke’s “main line of argument” for toleration within A Letter Concerning Toleration (Waldron 198...
- John William Tate
- john.Tate@newcastle.edu.au
The age of rational religion was coming to a close by the middle of the eighteenth century. Within a few years of the publication of the 5th edition of Locke's essay, Berkeley attacked the alliance between empiricism and the science of Newton and the Royal Society which is an important feature of Locke's Essay.
Jun 21, 2012 · In the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke maintains that ‘Reason must be our last Judge and Guide in every Thing,’ including matters of religious faith, and this commitment to the primacy of reason is not abandoned in his later religious writings. This essay argues that with regard to the relation between reason and religious faith, Locke is primarily concerned not with evidence ...
- Michael Losonsky
- 2012
Apr 28, 2014 · This paper examines how Locke employed the notion of religion to answer two questions: What binds citizens together into a community? How are individuals transformed into citizens? In the Two Treatises, Locke creates, through a political contract, a community that proves fragile. The bonds necessary for a civil society are unnatural; they go against the very self-interest that gave rise to a ...
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Aug 25, 2024 · Locke also advocated a separation of executive, legislative, and judicial powers, a feature of the form of government established in the U.S. Constitution. John Locke (born August 29, 1632, Wrington, Somerset, England—died October 28, 1704, High Laver, Essex) was an English philosopher whose works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical ...
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