 Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws, with penalties of death, and consequently all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community in the execution of such laws, and in the...  Two Treatises of Government: By Iohn Locke - Page 193by John Locke - 1764 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ruth W. Grant - Political Science - 1991 - 230 pages
...origin, end, and means of political power contained in Locke's initial def1nition of political power: Political Power then I take to be a Right of making Laws with Penalties of Death, and consequently all less penalties, for the Regulating and Preserving of Property, and of employing the... | |
 | Norberto Bobbio - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 250 pages
...Master over his Servant, a Husband over his Wife, and a Lord over his Slave." So that we need to show "the difference betwixt a Ruler of a Common-wealth, a Father of a Family, and Captain of a Galley."15 Rousseau's Social Contract begins with a critique of the theories that give... | |
 | Jeremy Waldron - Philosophy - 1993 - 500 pages
...the characteristic means at its disposal. In the Second Treatise, he tells us: "Political power ... I take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death."13 Similarly, in the Letter on Toleration he distinguishes the means available to the magistrate... | |
 | Wendell John Coats - Political Science - 1994 - 180 pages
...English philosopher often viewed as the "theoretical father" of classical liberalism: Political power ... I take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death, and ... all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property . . . and of employing the force... | |
 | Aileen Douglas - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 244 pages
...that the machinery of government may be used against the very individuals it is supposed to protect: "Political power then I take to be a right of making Laws with Penalties of Death and, consequently, all less penalties for the Regulating and Preserving of Property, and of employing the... | |
 | Chalmers Johnson - Business & Economics - 1995 - 394 pages
...we come to the heart of the matter. John Locke's definition of political power is worth recalling: "Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death and, consequently, all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the... | |
 | Stephen Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 360 pages
...Locke, Two Treatises of Government, II, § 120. 64. Locke, Two Treatises of Government, II, § 50; cf. "Political Power then I take to be a Right of making Laws with Penalties of Death, and consequently all less Penalties, for the Regulating and Preserving of Property" (ibid., II, § 2; my... | |
 | David Wootton - Political Science - 1996 - 964 pages
...under these different relations, it may help us to distinguish these powers one from another, and shew and penalties of death, and consequently all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property,... | |
 | Josiah Ober - History - 1999 - 226 pages
...sovereign. Locke's definition of power (Second Treatise, sec. 3, p. 268) is succinct: "Political power I take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death, and consequently all lessjer] penalties for the regulating and preserving [of] property, and of employing... | |
 | Henry Silton Harris - Philosophy - 1997 - 380 pages
...starting point for Locke's treatise involves a cluster of concepts including power, life, and property:5 'Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death, and consequently, all lesser penalties for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing... | |
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