John Locke: Resistance, Religion and Responsibility by John Marshall

By John Marshall

This e-book presents a tremendous new old account of the improvement of the political, spiritual, social and ethical considered the political theorist and thinker John Locke. It deals reinterpretations of numerous of his most crucial works, quite the 2 Treatises, and contains vast analyses of his unpublished manuscripts. Professor Marshall's arguments problem many different students' interpretations of the nature and impacts of Locke's ethical, social and spiritual inspiration and supply an alternate account.

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Investigations were restricted by 'a bad way of life, becoming strong by lapse of time' which established 'barbarous habits' if men had been brought up viciously. They were not pursued because of the influence of 'evil customs', and in many cases due to a 'natural defect of mind'. Men were born different in inclinations and appetites and some simply never had the capacity to attain to knowledge themselves. Most men were guided by belief, 'by the example of others, or by traditional customs and the fashion of the country, or finally by the 46 Correspondence, I, 81; cf D.

C. Abbott, The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Cambridge, Mass. (1937-47), III, 459, 607-16. I am grateful to J. C. Davis for this reference and informative discussions of Interregnum religion. 22 The Two Tracts were legalist and voluntarist. According to Locke, without law there would be no moral good or evil. Without God there would be no law. Indifferent things were those not commanded by God either through natural law or through Revelation. For Locke, like Sanderson, indifferent things were all of 'the same nature' whether they were in civil or religious matters.

They were not pursued because of the influence of 'evil customs', and in many cases due to a 'natural defect of mind'. Men were born different in inclinations and appetites and some simply never had the capacity to attain to knowledge themselves. Most men were guided by belief, 'by the example of others, or by traditional customs and the fashion of the country, or finally by the 46 Correspondence, I, 81; cf D. Wootton, John Locke: Political Writings, Harmondsworth, Middlesex (1993), 26ff. Against the 'tyranny of a religious rage' 29 authority of those whom they consider good and wise' instead of being guided by reasoning for themselves.

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