https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/understanding-john-locke--5384099https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BQJTVJF]]>enPhilosophyCopyright Laurence Houlgatehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ff994f9f3208339374ac07c9ff5fde52.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/understanding-john-locke--5384099Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:54:40 +0000Laurence HoulgateLaurence Houlgateldhoulgate@yahoo.comThis 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. 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The discussion of the rule of law is applied to the justification of the...1274declaration-of-independence,dissolution,legal-positivism,natural-law,nuremberg-trial,revolution,rule-of-law,tyrannyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep18-usurpation-and-tyranny-part-2--50527949https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50527949Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:03 +0000Laurence HoulgateThis 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?965due-process,law,legal-norms,natural-law,positive-law,the-public-good,tyranny,usurpationfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep17-conquest-tyranny-and-dissolution-part-1--50462163https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50462163Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateHow 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...1105conquest,dissolution,johnlocke,secondtreatiseofgovernment,tyranny,usurpationfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep16-separation-of-powers--50371373https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50371373Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:03 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn this episode Professor Houlgate discusses Locke's argument for the necessity of dividing legislative and executive power, giving each type of political power to different persons. He also introduces the concept of federative power and subordinates...1112despotic,paternal,political,separation-of-power,subordination-of-powerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep15-the-extent-of-political-power--50258907https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50258907Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn this episode Professor Houlgate explains John Locke's discussion of the great variety of governments that can be legitimately formed by the people; for example, democracy, oligarchy and even monarchy, so long as a majority of the people desire...991democracy,extent,legislative,limit,monarchy,oligarchy,politicalpower,power,rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-14-the-ends-of-political-society--50168469https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50168469Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateThe word "ends" in the sub-title means "goals," "objectives," or "purposes." The ends of political society are to repair the defects of the state of nature. Locke identifies and discusses three defects which can only be repaired by those remedies...974civilsociety,defects,estates,liberty,lives,political,remedies,stateofnaturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-13-the-beginning-of-political-society--50074372In the second part of this episode, we will discuss Locke's distinction between express and tacit consent, and the application of this to one's duty to obey the law.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50074372Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateThis episode discusses the hat trick of logic played by John Locke in chapter 7 of Second Treatise. He sets out a deductive argument that purports to prove that a democracy that requires a unanimous vote before any proposal becomes law is a logical...In the second part of this episode, we will discuss Locke's distinction between express and tacit consent, and the application of this to one's duty to obey the law.]]>714citizenship,consent,expressconsent,impliedconsent,majoritarian,majority,obligation,unanimity,unanimousfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-12-political-society-and-monarchy--50002399https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50002399Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateEpisode 12 is an account of Locke's theory about the origin of political or civil society. He argues that political society is inevitable because the natural right to punish offenders of the law of nature ultimately leads to (what Hobbes calls) "a...873absolutemonarchy,civilsociety,executive,johnlocke,legislative,locke,monarchy,politicalsociety,punishment,secondtreatise,warfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-11-conjugal-society--49896314https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49896314Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn chapter 6 of Understanding John Locke, Professor Houlgate discusses Locke's conception of conjugal society. Locke is careful to tell his readers that conjugal society is not the same as legal marriage because the latter notion implies political or...605children,conjugal,divorce,family,marriage,obligations,rightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-10-paternal-power--49798944https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49798944Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:03 +0000Laurence HoulgatePaternal power or "the sort of rule and jurisdiction" that parents have over their children is rarely discussed in books of political philosophy. Locke was one of the first to discuss it mainly because he wanted to draw a later distinction between...1234filial,obligation,obligations-of-children,parent,parental-power,rights,rights-of-childrenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-9-property-cont--49704816https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49704816Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateThis episode is a continuation of Locke's theory of private property in the prepolitical state of nature. The Labor Argument is the first in support of a rule of property was previously discussed in episode 8. This episode is devoted to the...1300barter,incorporation,incorporation-argument,modus-tollens,money,private-property,property,state-of-naturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-8-property--49616868https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49616868Sun, 01 May 2022 23:10:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateLocke's chapter on property is probably the most quoted, challenged and debated of all chapters in the Second Treatise of Government. There are two central questions raised and answered by Locke. First, is it morally justifiable in the state of...864commonland,labor,labor-argument,naturallaw,naturalrights,property,stateofnaturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-7-slavery--49616786https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49616786Sun, 01 May 2022 21:00:03 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn a previous episode, Locke argued that in a pre-political "state of nature," everyone has "perfect freedom." In this episode, Locke adds the proviso that it is always a violation of natural law for persons to enslave themselves, even if doingl this...575civil-liberty,douglass,frederickdouglass,natural-liberty,political-lberty,self-enslavement,slaveryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-6-locke-s-methodology--49539581https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49539581Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:45:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn this episode, Professor Houlgate digresses from a discussion of Locke's political theory to a discussion of the difference between philosophical and scientific method and how this distinction applies to Locke's methodology in the Second Treatise.1005certainty,deductive,inductive,philosophical-method,philosophy,probability,science,scientific-methodfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-5-the-state-of-war--49539228https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49539228Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:25:01 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn this episode, Professor Houlgate discusses John Locke's definition of "war" and explains how the introduction of punishment as an essential ingredient of the state of nature makes war highly probable. Locke also shows how his definition of war...951punishment,state-of-nature,warfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-ep4-the-state-of-nature-cont--49529801https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49529801Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateIn this episode, Professor Houlgate explains how Locke implies a second law of nature when he defends Richard Hooker's earlier idea that there is a universal duty to preserve the life and welfare of others. Houlgate then turns to Locke's definition...1100natural-equality,natural-law,punishment,reparation,restraint,retributive,richard-hooker,right-to-kill,state-of-nature,utilitarianfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-3-the-state-of-nature--48616318 [Note: this episode cuts off in abruptly in the 17th minute due to a power outage]]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48616318Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateThis episode is about John Locke's conception of the state of nature. The state of nature is a pre-political condition of mankind in which all persons have "perfect freedom" and all are morally equal. However, the state of nature is governed by... [Note: this episode cuts off in abruptly in the 17th minute due to a power outage]]]>1030consequentialist,deontological,equality,freedom,lawofnature,natural-law,natural-rights,perfectfreedom,richard-hooker,stateofnaturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-ep-2-what-is-political-power--48615784https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48615784Mon, 07 Feb 2022 01:00:03 +0000Laurence HoulgateWherein John Locke defines political power in such a way that political power does not and cannot exist in a state ruled by those who use their power only to promote their own good and not the good of all.886executive,legislative,political,politicalpower,power,punishmentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-treatise-of-government-ep-1-about-john-locke--48408965https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48408965Tue, 25 Jan 2022 01:00:02 +0000Laurence HoulgateEpisode 1 is a brief biography of John Locke. He did not write the Second Treatise of Government until late in life, after teaching as a fellow for many years at Oxford, serving as a personal physician for Lord Shaftsbury, becoming politically active...666beginningstudent,government,houlgate,introphilosophy,locke,lockebiography,philosophy,philosophy101,philosophystudent,political,studyguide,treatisefalsefull