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   What does Locke say about nature?

   • For Locke, by contrast, the state of nature is characterized by the absence of government but not by the absence of mutual obligation. Beyond self-preservation, the law of nature, or reason, also teaches “all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, liberty, or possessions.”

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   What is a Lockean state of nature?

   • Lockean state of nature from a Hobbesian direction. For Hobbes, the state of of. Neither of these points squares well with Locke's concept of the state of nature (though Locke's own language is sometimes misleading).

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   How does Locke understand political power?

   • In order to understand political power, Locke claims one must understand the state of nature. According to Locke, all humans in a state of nature—which means they are not part of civilized society—are in a “ state of perfect freedom ” and equality, and they are each obligated to mutual love for one another.

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   Is the state of nature the most misunderstood idea in Locke's political philosophy?

   • And it is only against and by means of the state of nature that Locke offers us accounts of political obligation and authority, the limits on political power, and the occasions for justified resistance. But the state of nature is probably also, as John Dunn has observed,2 the most misunderstood idea in Locke's political philosophy.

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   Is Locke's state of nature more individualistic than Hobbes?

   • Locke's state of nature is, then, both a more individualistic and a more relational concept than that of Hobbes. The more closely we pattern our analysis of Locke's state of nature on Hobbesian notions, the more com- pletely we will miss these essential features.

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   What does Locke say about humanity?

   • According to Locke, all humans in a state of nature—which means they are not part of civilized society—are in a “ state of perfect freedom ” and equality, and they are each obligated to mutual love for one another. Locke invokes the words of Sir Richard Hooker to make his point, who claims all people are obligated to “ justice and charity.”

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   3 days ago · Unlike Hobbes, Locke believed individuals are naturally endowed with these rights (to life, liberty, and property) and that the state of nature could be relatively peaceful. Individuals nevertheless agree to form a commonwealth (and thereby to leave the state of nature) in

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   3 days ago · state of nature, in political theory, the real or hypothetical condition of human beings before or without political association. The notion of a state of nature was an essential element of the social-contract theories of the English philosophers Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and John Locke (1632–1704) and the French philosopher Jean-Jacques ...

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   Locke's state of nature is, then, both a more individualistic and a more relational concept than that of Hobbes. The more closely we pattern our analysis of Locke's state of nature on Hobbesian notions, the more com-pletely we will miss these essential features.

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   Feb 1, 2024 · The State of Nature is an idea which became especially popular with certain philosophers during the Enlightenment, notably Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).

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   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 nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch.

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   According to Locke, all humans in a state of nature—which means they are not part of civilized society—are in a “ state of perfect freedom ” and equality, and they are each obligated to mutual love for one another.

9. oll.libertyfund.org › quotes › john-locke-on-perfectJohn Locke on “perfect freedom” in the state of nature (1689)

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   According to Locke, in the state of nature (i.e. before the appearance of political institutions) human beings enjoyed what he called “perfect freedom” to enjoy their persons and properties “as they think fit”: Natural Rights.