Second Treatise of Government

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Hackett Publishing, Mar 1, 1980 - 148 pages
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The Second Treatise is one of the most important political treatises ever written and one of the most far-reaching in its influence.


In his provocative 15-page introduction to this edition, the late eminent political theorist C. B. Macpherson examines Locke's arguments for limited, conditional government, private property, and right of revolution and suggests reasons for the appeal of these arguments in Locke's time and since.

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Locke states one of the building blocks of the concept of individual rights, that finally civil government exists because of an implied agreement to create a structure to control both the right of ... Read full review

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User Review  - Adrianmb - LibraryThing

When you examine the "axioms" of his doctrine, it is very difficult to take his posterior developments very seriously as political theory. What if access to land is limited? Read full review

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