According to Locke, we are born into perfect freedom. We are naturally free. We are free to do what we want, when we want, how we want, within the bounds of the “law of nature.” The …

Jul 30, 2024 · Most people think there is a common agreement on the meaning of the word freedom. But how to define freedom has been a controversy for decades, if not centuries. …

John Locke’s views on the nature of freedom of action and freedom of will have played an influential role in the philosophy of action and in moral psychology. Locke offers distinctive …

Nov 9, 2005 · John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by …

John Locke (1632-1704) wrote one of the most powerful defences of individual liberty in his Second Treatise of Government. According to Locke, in the state of nature (i.e. before the …

In his "Letter on Toleration" and "Second Treatise on Government," written during the unfolding of the Second English Civil War, John Locke starts with ideas from Hobbes. But he puts a …

Mar 17, 2025 · John Locke’s political theory directly influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence in its assertion of natural individual rights and its grounding of political authority …

With regard to his position on religious tolerance, Locke was influenced by Baptist theologians like John Smyth and Thomas Helwys, who had published tracts demanding freedom of conscience …

Jul 18, 2019 · This chapter analyzes Locke’s complex account of human motivation, volition, and freedom. It explains Locke’s Hobbesian definition of freedom as the ability to do or to refrain …

In the spirit of John Locke’s own philosophies, we believe and support a free society, rather than one that is under the thumb of a powerful ruling class. We are also against the Communist and …