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,... The Works of John Locke - Page 341by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
| David A. Reisman - Medical - 2009 - 369 pages
...maker' had imposed a law of nature upon the state of nature which was a source of absolute obligation: 'And reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions' (Locke, 1993 [1689]: 263-4). The right to life or liberty might be cancelled out by a crime and the... | |
| W. Noel Keyes - Bioethics - 2007 - 1234 pages
...American, and French revolutions. The words of the philosopher John Locke in 1 664 were that reason "teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." These words justified the "bloodless English revolution" of 1 688, which finally ended the absolutism... | |
| Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, Pamela R. Aall - Political Science - 2007 - 766 pages
...fiduciary arrangement. This is because people are rational and because "Reason," in Locke's words, "teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that...ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty or Possessions."4 Locke's doctrine of natural rights and FEN OSLER HAMPSON AND DAVID MENDELOFF his views... | |
| W. David Clinton - Philosophy - 2007 - 272 pages
...in line with something like a "law of nature," one, as Locke has it, "which obliges everyone . . . that being all equal and independent, no one ought...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions." 28 As a result of these assumptions, states composed of reasonably contented individuals will (1) cooperate,... | |
| Sabrina P. Ramet - History - 2007 - 196 pages
...Judicious Hooker," took the existence of Natural Law as a given and described its central principle as "that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty or Possessions."5 Both in Tvm Treatises and in Letters on Toleration Locke declared that people had natural... | |
| John Rawls - Philosophy - 2009 - 497 pages
...contained in the statement I quoted earlier from *\6. These read as follows: (a) The first clause: "being all equal and independent, no one ought to...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions." (b) The second clause: "Every one as he is bound to preserve himself, and not to quit his Station willfully;... | |
| David Estlund - Political Science - 2009 - 324 pages
...AUTHORITY AND THE DEMOCRACY/JURY ANALOGY 1. See chapter 3, "An Acceptability Requirement." 2. Locke writes: "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions" (see Locke 1980, 9 [chap. II, ยง6]). 3. Elsewhere, I explore the implications of the anti-reverse-vigilante... | |
| John R. Pottenger - Religion - 2007 - 364 pages
...moral values according to natural law, which is reason.44 And the process of reasoning reveals that "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."45 Furthermore, citizens who are encouraged to use reason to search for moral truths will... | |
| Henry Morley - English literature - 1879 - 702 pages
...license. Reason is one of the laws of nature, and it teaches that, if men are all equal and indeIK-mU'iit, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or liossessions. Next to the preservation of himself, the natural law wills Uiat each shall aid in the... | |
| Michael C. Carhart - History - 2007 - 388 pages
...because of competing interests. The more moderate Locke believed that "the state of nature has a law to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason,...ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."17 The sanguine Rousseau argued that "above all we shall not conclude with Hobbes that... | |
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