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" The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty... "
Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising ... - Page 335
by John Locke - 1824
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John Locke's Politics of Moral Consensus

Greg Forster - Philosophy - 2005 - 348 pages
...his argument in the Second Treatise, indispensable to all that follows, that "reason . . . teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all...equal and independent, no one ought to harm another" (T II. 6, 117). Locke supports this with a rational argument that does not appeal to innate ideas,...
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Der autoritäre Sozialstaat: Machtgewinn durch Mitgefühl in der Genese ...

Inge Zelinka - Austria - 2005 - 432 pages
...Lockes Glauben an die Vernunft als oberstes Gesetz, das allein in der Lage ist, die Menschheit zu lehren »that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions«.396 Die »aufgeklärte« Welt der Liberalen, so Judson, bestand also selbst aus einem...
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Liberalism and Democracy

Norberto Bobbio - Philosophy - 2005 - 116 pages
...he describes as a state of perfect liberty and equality, governed by a law of nature which 'teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one might do harm to another in his life, health, liberty or possessions'.6 This description is the outcome...
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Muslimische Philanthropie und Bürgerschaftliches Engagement

Peter Heine, Aslam Syed - Philanthropy - 2005 - 451 pages
...ohne Einschränkungen, wie zum Beispiel dem Verbot des Selbstmordes und der Selbstversklavung, weil „men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise Maker - all servants of one sovereign Master, sent into the world by His order, and about His business - they are...
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Muslimische Philanthropie und Bürgerschaftliches Engagement

Peter Heine, Aslam Syed - Philanthropy - 2005 - 451 pages
...notion of freedom was not without restrictions like prohibitions on suicide and self-enslavement because "men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise Maker- all servants of one sovereign Master, sent into the world by His order, and about His business- they are...
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Natural Justice

Ken Binmore - Political Science - 2005 - 224 pages
...related to John Locke's pastoral idyll, in which everybody enjoys natural rights, according to which: "No one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions", and property rights are acquired by mixing one's labor with a good, provided that there be "enough...
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The Constitutionalist Revolution: An Essay on the History of England, 1450–1642

Alan Cromartie - History - 2006 - 18 pages
...to secure the property of others. Because we have no right to harm ourselves, 'reason . . . teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions'. 37 As 'freedom from absolute, arbitrary power' was 'so necessary to, and closely joined with a man's...
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Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice

Nicolaus Tideman - Political Science - 2006 - 358 pages
...Nature has a Law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. The corresponding requirement for relations among independent collectivities is that no collectivity...
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Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and Public Policy

Daniel M. Hausman, Michael S. McPherson - Political Science - 2006 - 354 pages
...Nature has a Law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. (1690, sec. 6) Similarly, the authors of the American Declaration of Independence regarded their claims...
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Liberty and Justice: Philosophical Reflections On a Free Society

Philosophy - 164 pages
...nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that, being all...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions; . . . 8 And, "I easily grant that civil government is the proper remedy for the inconveniences of the...
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