UNDERSTANDING JOHN LOCKE

By: Laurence Houlgate
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  • This podcast is about John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, based on Professor Laurence Houlgate's book Understanding John Locke: The Smart Student's Guide to Locke's Second Treatise of Government. For those who want to follow the script during the podcast, digital and paperback versions of the book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BQJTVJF
    Copyright Laurence Houlgate
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Philosophy Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Second Treatise of Government EP 19 The Nuremberg Trial, The Rule of Law, and Dissolution

    Second Treatise of Government EP 19 The Nuremberg Trial, The Rule of Law, and Dissolution
    Jul 19 2022
    There is more content in this, the final episode of Understanding John Locke. I discuss more of Locke's ideas about tyranny, the rule of law, and the dissolution of government. The discussion of the rule of law is applied to the justification of the Nuremberg Trials, a discussion which shows the conflict between legal positivism and Locke's theory of natural law.
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    21 mins
  • Second Treatise of Government EP18 Usurpation and Tyranny Part 2

    Second Treatise of Government EP18 Usurpation and Tyranny Part 2
    Jul 12 2022
    This episode is a discussion of Locke's definitions of usurpation and tyranny and the circumstances in which they are exercised. Question: was the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol an attempt to usurp the presidency?
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    16 mins
  • Second Treatise of Government EP17 Conquest, Tyranny and Dissolution, Part 1

    Second Treatise of Government EP17 Conquest, Tyranny and Dissolution, Part 1
    Jul 5 2022
    How does John Locke answer the question "When is it justifiable to resist the commands of a sitting ruler or rulers of a civil society?" Locke answers the question by defining four different categories or situations in which resistance of the people is justifiable: Conquest, Usurpation, Tyranny and Dissolution.
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    18 mins

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