Natural Law, Theology, and Morality in Locke

Forde, Steven

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“…5. The list of works on these themes is very extensive, but here are some varied and notable examples : Forde 2001;Forster 2005;Fortin 1996;Seliger 1968;Waldron 2002. 6.…”

Section: Some Notable Commentators Such As Claud Gaipeau and Williammentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Hence, the methodology of "esoteric writing," supposedly emphasizing the unwritten text, rather than the written one, and the depiction of Locke as following in the footsteps of Thomas Hobbes, were severely criticized (Aarsleff 1969a;Ashcraft 1968;Brown 1999;Dienstag 1996;Finnis 1980;Forde 2001, and see note 6;Lasslet 1967;Monson 1968;Oakley 1997, and see note 5;Simmons 1989;Snyder 1986;Tucness 1999;Yolton 1958). 7 On the other hand, there are scholars like Brian Tierney who acknowledge that Locke's natural rights teachings is based on natural law, but present the latter as derived from the Roman Republican tradition of the medieval and early modern era as it was established by philosophers such as Grotius and Pufendorf.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…4 Discussions with respect to the coherence and consistency of this term appear (almost) infinite, as do debates regarding the type of natural law advanced by him. 5 Namely, it has been argued by numerous scholars that, logically speaking, there are problems with both the articulation of Lockean natural law and its justifications (Dunn 1968(Dunn , 1969a(Dunn , 1991Farr 2008;Forde 2001;Laslett 1967: 67-91;Yolton 1958;Zuckert 2002aZuckert , 2002c.…”

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Reclaiming Liberty

Bentwich¹

2012

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“…5. The list of works on these themes is very extensive, but here are some varied and notable examples : Forde 2001;Forster 2005;Fortin 1996;Seliger 1968;Waldron 2002. 6.…”

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2012

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“…Whatever place revealed religion retains for Locke, it is to be tethered to and moderated by the dictates of reason (cf. Forde 2001).…”

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Locke's Case for Religious Toleration: Its Neglected Foundation in theEssay Concerning Human Understanding

Owen

2007

The Journal of Politics

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Although the Essay Concerning Human Understanding is considered Locke's magnum opus, its relation to his political philosophy has been a perennial puzzle for scholars. Scholars have typically focused on the question of Locke's natural law doctrine in the Essay and the Two Treatises. This article takes a different approach to uncovering the political significance of the Essay by relating the theological importance of its epistemology to Locke's doctrine of religious toleration as found in the Letter Concerning Toleration. Crucial arguments supporting Locke's case for religious toleration are to be found, not in the Letter, but in the Essay, which seeks to elevate a limited but relatively uncontroversial natural theology above the disputed uncertainties inherent to revealed theology. Though not on the surface a political work, the Essay is fundamental to Locke's political theology of toleration.

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“…2 As with appropriation, the literature on Locke's law of nature is immense, but a number of recent accounts have brought normative and literary/historical interpretations into productive dialogue(Buckle, 1991, 125-149; McClure, 1996, 53-122;Forde, 2001; see also,Ashcraft, 1968). 3 In fact, as James Muldoon and others have indicated, while many of the writers who drew on Locke reinforced a hierarchy between Indians and colonists, they primarily sought to defend title to native lands that had been acquired by English treaty and purchase against the counterclaims of other Europeans.…”

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Cultivating and Challenging the Common: Lockean Property, Indigenous Traditionalisms, and the Problem of Exclusion

Hsueh

2006

Contemp Polit Theory

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The article takes up and challenges the Lockean conception of common sense and common right to property in two ways: first, through a critical investigation of Locke's historical connection to colonialism, and second, by turning to contemporary indigenous conceptions of common sense. Locke's practical experiences in the founding of Carolina, I argue, serve not simply to explain the problematical colonial impulses of the Second Treatise, but indeed to help undo the credibility of that text's ideological claim to acquire and assimilate. Next, I turn from an internal historicized critique of the Second Treatise to a contemporary external challenge, examining current indigenous perspectives de-legitimized by the Second Treatise. I contend that traditionalized conceptions of indigenous knowledge and understanding provide a strategic revitalization of common sense in ways that re-define and re-characterize the word's roots not only in the common but also in the senses themselves. The article concludes by questioning whether these revitalized 'traditionalisms' -as much as they challenge exclusionary Lockean conceptions of the 'common' and common sense -also carry the risk of denying aspects of indigenous modernity and excluding alternative indigenous conceptions of land and resource use.

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Natural Law, Theology, and Morality in Locke

Cited by 85 publications

References 59 publications

Reclaiming Liberty

Reclaiming Liberty

Locke's Case for Religious Toleration: Its Neglected Foundation in theEssay Concerning Human Understanding

Cultivating and Challenging the Common: Lockean Property, Indigenous Traditionalisms, and the Problem of Exclusion

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