 ... a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.  The Life of John Locke - Page 170by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan L. Gorman - Philosophy - 2003 - 244 pages
...like Hobbes, considers them to be equal.1 They are in a state of "perfect freedom", which enables them "to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit". Just as Hobbes's conception of freedom in the state of nature was not as entire as he expressed it,... | |
 | Clarence Sholé Johnson - Law - 2003 - 250 pages
...Locke characterizes this condition of existence as "a state of perfect freedom [in which men] . . . order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit ... without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man" (1952, II. 4, emphasis added).... | |
 | Gerald F Gaus - Political Science - 2003 - 260 pages
...John Locke, are naturally in 'a State of perfect Freedom to order their actions... as they see fit... without asking leave, or depending upon the Will of any other Man'. 4 As liberals see it, we necessarily claim liberty to act as we see fit unless reason can be provided... | |
 | Matthew H. Kramer - Business & Economics - 2004 - 368 pages
...mind when he invoked the concept of "freedom" or "liberty."2 As he explained in the Second Treatise: "[W]e must consider what State all Men are naturally...leave, or depending upon the Will of any other Man" (TTG, II, §4, emphasis in original). Keeping in view this general notion of "freedom," we shall ponder... | |
 | Bernie Koenig - Law - 2004 - 356 pages
...injury; and all this only for the public good (Locke, l960 4) To understand the nature of this power "we must consider, what state all men are naturally...leave, or depending upon the will of any other man." (Locke, l 960 4) But this freedom in a state of nature is not a state of license since The state of... | |
 | Renzong Qiu - Medical - 2004 - 260 pages
...popular assumption in Western moral and political philosophy in this way: "All men are naturally in ... a state of perfect freedom to order their actions,...leave, or depending upon the will of any other man" i 1988. p. 2691. According to Locke, 'The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges... | |
 | Nancy Yousef - History - 2004 - 286 pages
...which the human being is destined. The theoretical work of the Treatise begins with the assertion that "we must consider what State all Men are naturally...their Possessions, and Persons, as they think fit ... without asking leave, or depending upon the Will of any other Man" (§ 4). Ultimately the original... | |
 | Colin Farrelly - Political Science - 2004 - 208 pages
...state of nature in Tn»o Th'tffi'st's of Government . In a Lockean state of nature individuals are in 'a State of perfect Freedom to order their Actions,...bounds of the Law of Nature, without asking leave, or dependency upon the Will of any other man' (Locke, 1988: 269). The law of nature requires that each... | |
 | Maureen Ramsay - Political Science - 2004 - 292 pages
...asserts the natural right to freedom from the arbitrary power of others. Freedom for individuals is 'Freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their...Law of Nature, without asking leave, or depending on the will of any other men' (Locke, 1967, p. 269). Mill held a negative conception of liberty, portraying... | |
 | Kim Ian Parker, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 217 pages
...independent judge" (n, 19, 87-91, 171, 216). Yet, it is also a state in which all Men are naturally in ... a State of perfect Freedom to order their Actions,...think fit, within the bounds of the Law of Nature ... [it is] a State also of Equality, wherein all the Power and Jurisdiction is reciprocated, no one... | |
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