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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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   What does Locke mean by state of nature?

   • State of nature - Locke, Natural Rights, Equality: For Locke, by contrast, the state of nature is characterized by the absence of government but not by the absence of mutual obligation.

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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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   What did John Locke say about nature?

   • John Locke considers the state of nature in his Second Treatise on Civil Government written around the time of the Exclusion Crisis in England during the 1680s. For Locke, in the state of nature all men are free "to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature."

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   What is Locke's anarchic state of nature?

   • On the whole, Locke’s anarchic state of nature is a benevolent condition of anarchic individualism, rather than Hobbesian brutality and mutual suspicion, in which conscience guides actions and reason (reflecting the law of nature) highlights the wrongness and counter-productivity of aggressing against one’s neighbour.

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   How does Locke describe the state of nature and civil society?

   • Locke describes the state of nature and civil society to be opposites of each other, and the need for civil society comes in part from the perpetual existence of the state of nature. This view of the state of nature is partly deduced from Christian belief (unlike Hobbes, whose philosophy is not dependent upon any prior theology).

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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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   3 days ago · The state of nature, for Rousseau, is a morally neutral and peaceful condition in which (mainly) solitary individuals act according to their basic urges (for instance, hunger) as well as their natural desire for self-preservation. This latter instinct, however, is tempered by an equally natural sense of compassion.

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   Nov 9, 2005 · Locke describes international relations as a state of nature, and so in principle, states should have the same power to punish breaches of the natural law in the international community that individuals have in the state of nature.

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   Feb 1, 2024 · The state of nature is a real or imagined state of human existence before people got together and formed a social contract to live in a political society. It is often used as a philosophical device to examine which rights people should have or not have in society.

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   aims. First, I want to (finally) present a clear account of and definition of Locke's state of nature. With this definition in hand, many of the familiar worries about Locke's account are much easier to unravel. Second, I will point to what I believe are Locke's true confusions about the state of nature,

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   Locke outlines his theoretical construction of the state of nature. Given God gave the earth to all of mankind, Locke envisages the state of nature as a state of perfect equality in which each person has the freedom to do as he sees fit without asking leave or depending on the will of any other man.

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   State of nature. In ethics, political philosophy, social contract theory, religion, and international law, the term state of nature describes the hypothetical way of life that existed before humans organised themselves into societies or civilizations. [1] Philosophers of the state of nature theory propose that there was a historical period ...