ON FINDING ON EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN CONSENT AND NATURAL LAW IN LOCKE'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

In: Political studies, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 432-452

Abstract

LOCKE IS SOMETIMES REPRESENTED AS A CONSTANT AND SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORIST, SOMETIMES AS A TEORIST OF NATURAL LAW, SOMPTIMES AS A THEORIST OF NATURAL RIGHTS (PARTICULARLY NATUALA PROPERTY RIGHTS). THE PROBLEM IS THAT ALL THREE CHARACTERIZATIONS ARE RIGHT; AND THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT OF FINDING AN EQULIBRIUM BETWEEN THESE,SUCH THAT NONE OF THEM IS BRACKETED OUT AS "NOT SERIOUS".