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Analysis. Locke defines the state of war as a state of “ enmity and destruction.”. As everyone has the right to self-preservation through the law of nature, one therefore has the right to destroy anyone who makes war upon them just as they would kill a wolf or a lion, Locke says. For anyone who is not under the “commonlaw of reason ...
Chapter 3: Of the State of War Chapter 4: Of Slavery Summary. Locke starts off by defining war as a state of "enmity and destruction" brought about by one person's pre-meditated attempts upon another's life. The law of self-preservation, integral to the law of nature, dictates that a person may kill another person in self-defense.
Locke’s brief chapter on the state of war is an important one. During the 1680s when Locke was writing his Treatises, he was keenly aware of the political turmoil going on in England. Even though most scholars now agree that he was not specifically writing these works to address the events of the Glorious Revolution, his text was a commentary ...
Second Treatise of Government (Chap. 3) Lyrics. Sect. 16. THE state of war is a state of enmity and destruction: and therefore declaring by word or action, not a passionate and hasty, but a sedate ...
3. Right of Revolution. CHAPTER 3 | Document 2. John Locke, Second Treatise, §§ 149, 155, 168, 207--10, 220--31, 240--43. 1689. 149. Though in a Constituted Commonwealth, standing upon its own Basis, and acting according to its own Nature, that is, acting for the preservation of the Community, there can be but one Supream Power, which is the Legislative, to which all the rest are and must be ...
Locke argues that it is still lawful to treat him as if he has entered a state of war and to kill him if possible. Locke contrasts the state of nature with the state of war. The key distinguishing mark is the use of force or the intention of using it. Toward the end of the chapter, Locke foreshadows a major transition in human development.
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e. Two Treatises of Government (full title: Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter Is an Essay Concerning The True Original, Extent, and End of Civil Government) is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in ...
