Ideas about property and freedom from John Locke worked their way into America’s founding documents and influence the nation to this day. ... We’ve confused natural rights with social aspirations.

"Helping to secure [natural rights] in the world of 2213 may require the creation of lesser, instrumental rights by law or constitutional amendment that differ from the subsidiary rights of the U ...

Early Life and Education. Locke was born in England on Aug. 29, 1632. His father John, an attorney, and mother Agnes baptized him the morning of his birth and raised him as a Puritan.

Only after demolishing the rationale for unchecked power in the First Treatise does Locke make his famous natural-rights argument for liberty and equality in the Second Treatise.

John Locke’s theory of self-defence falls short in justifying drone strike killings of innocent bystanders. Open Democracy Home Page. Select language.

Locke considered that every well-educated young person should study the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694) and Richard Hooker (1554-1600).

THE tercentenary of the birth of John Locke occurred on Aug. 29 last, and to mark the event Messrs. J. and E. Bumpas, Ltd., have brought together at the Old Court House, Oxford Street, London, W.l ...