The Lockean Theory of Rights
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2020
397 pages
978-0-691-22131-1 (ISBN)
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John Locke's political theory has been the subject of many detailed treatments by philosophers and political scientists. But The Lockean Theory of Rights is the first systematic, full-length study of Locke's theory of rights and of its potential for making genuine contributions to contemporary debates about rights and their place in political philosophy. Given that the rights of persons are the central moral concept at work in Locke's and Lockean political philosophy, such a study is long overdue.
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A. John Simmons is Professor of Philosophy at University of Virginia.
Content
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One. The Structure of Locke's Moral Theory
- 1.1. The Demonstration of Morality
- 1.2. Why We Ought to Obey God
- 1.3. The Secular Strain
- 1.4. The Superstructure of Locke's Theory
- 1.5. The Content of Natural Law
- Two. Locke and Natural Rights
- 2.1. The Place of Rights in Locke's Theory
- 2.2. Equal Rights and Special Rights
- 2.3. The Structure of Locke's Theory of Rights
- 2.4. The Significance of Natural Rights
- 2.5. Natural Right Skepticism
- Three. The Right to Punish
- 3.1. A Natural Executive Right
- 3.2. Locke's Case
- 3.3. Replies
- 3.4. The Coherence of Locke's Position
- 3.5. Forfeiture and Punishment
- 3.6. The Monopoly on Force
- Four. Rights And The Family
- 4.1. Wives, Husbands, and Servants
- 4.2. The Rights of Parents (and the Duties of Children)
- 4.3. The Rights of Children (and the Duties of Parents)
- 4.4. The Family and Property
- 4.5. The Family and Political Society
- Five. Property Rights
- 5.1. Natural Property Rights
- 5.2. Labor: The Arguments
- 5.3. Labor: Replies and Reconstructions
- 5.4. The Limits on Property
- 5.5. Money
- Six. Justice And Charity
- 6.1. Property in Political Society
- 6.2. Justice
- 6.3. Charity
- 6.4. Positive and Negative Rights
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
