the consent of the people
Q. How did the philosophers of the Enlightenment view the relationship?
The philosophers of the Enlightenment viewed the relationship between government and the governed “as more beneficial to the governed”, since they thought that government should exists only to serve the people, not the other way around.
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- Q. How did the philosophers of the Enlightenment view the relationship?
- Q. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the governed?
- Q. Where did John Locke write the Second Treatise of Government?
- Q. How is Locke’s idea of tabula rasa central to his second treatise?
- Q. Why did Locke publish his work anonymously?
- Q. What made John Locke an enlightenment?
Q. Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the governed?
John Locke
Q. Where did John Locke write the Second Treatise of Government?
Mark Goldie (1983), however, cautions that we should not miss the fact that political events in England were still Locke’s primary focus in writing the the Second Treatise. A final question concerns the status of those property rights acquired in the state of nature after civil society has come into being.
Q. How is Locke’s idea of tabula rasa central to his second treatise?
Locke distinguishes a variety of different kinds of ideas in Book II. Locke holds that the mind is a tabula rasa or blank sheet until experience in the form of sensation and reflection provide the basic materials—simple ideas—out of which most of our more complex knowledge is constructed.
Q. Why did Locke publish his work anonymously?
Because of the radical notions presented in these works and a fear of reprisal, Locke published them anonymously. The First Treatise was a reaction to the then-popular tenet of jure divino (the Divine Right of Kings) which held that kings derived their political legitimacy through direct descent from Adam.
Q. What made John Locke an enlightenment?
John Locke’s contributions to the enlightenment had a great deal to do with the inspiration of America today. He was a philosopher who developed the philosophy that there were no legitimate government under the rights of kings theory. These rights were life, liberty, and property.
