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John Locke took part in administering the slave-owning colonies. Does that make him, and liberalism itself, hypocritical?
John Locke, who lived through two revolutions in 17th-century England, remains perhaps the most important theorist about democracy. Translated into many different languages, Locke’s ideas inform contemporary philosophical debates about justice and rights, from relative egalitarians such as John Rawls to libertarians such as Robert Nozick to Amartya Sen’s critique of Western-based theories of justice. Locke’s writings inspired the language of rebellion in the United States’ Declaration of Independence (1776) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract (1762), which shaped the French Revolution.
After the Second World War, Locke’s ideas circumscribed debates over democracy and social justice within the United Nations and in international law. The principles that government should be based on the consent of the governed, that most people can make reasonable ch
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John Locke
1. Historical Background and Locke’s Life
John efternamn (1632–1704) was one of the greatest philosophers in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up and lived through one of the most extraordinary centuries of English political and intellectual history. It was a century in which conflicts between Crown and Parliament and the overlapping conflicts between Protestants, Anglicans and Catholics swirled into civil war in the 1640s. With the defeat and death of Charles I, there began a great experiment in governmental institutions including the abolishment of the monarchy, the House of Lords and the Anglican church, and the establishment of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate in the 1650s. The collapse of the Protectorate after the death of Cromwell was followed bygd the Restoration of Charles II—the return of the monarchy, the House of Lords and the Anglican Church. This period lasted from 1660 to 1688. It was marked bygd continued conflicts b
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John Locke
English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
For other people named John Locke, see John Locke (disambiguation).
John Locke FRS | |
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Portrait of John Locke, | |
| Born | John Locke (1632-08-29)29 August 1632 Wrington, Somerset, England |
| Died | 28 October 1704(1704-10-28) (aged 72) High Laver, Essex, England |
| Education | Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1656; MA, 1658; MB, 1675) |
| Era | Age of Enlightenment |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of Oxford[9] Royal Society |
Main interests | Metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of education, economics |
Notable ideas | |
John Locke (; 29 August 1632 (O.S.) – 28 October 1704 (O.S.))[13] was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".