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The Great Art of Government: Locke's Use of Consent
Peter Josephson
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Description for The Great Art of Government: Locke's Use of Consent
Hardcover. This volume examines John Locke's writings on both consent and the art of governance to show how each informs the other. Moving beyond previous scholarship it gives us a Locke as much concerned with the effective functioning of government as with the roots of moral legitimacy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
That government should be rooted in the consent of the governed may be the most accepted aspect of John Locke's liberal theory. Yet to this day Lockeans have reached no consensus over what constitutes consent or whether Locke even intended consent to be a standard of legitimacy. Peter Josephson now takes a close look at Locke's writings on both consent and the art of governance to show how each informs the other. Moving beyond previous scholarship, he gives us a Locke as much concerned with the effective functioning of government as with the roots of its moral legitimacy. According to ... Read more
That government should be rooted in the consent of the governed may be the most accepted aspect of John Locke's liberal theory. Yet to this day Lockeans have reached no consensus over what constitutes consent or whether Locke even intended consent to be a standard of legitimacy. Peter Josephson now takes a close look at Locke's writings on both consent and the art of governance to show how each informs the other. Moving beyond previous scholarship, he gives us a Locke as much concerned with the effective functioning of government as with the roots of its moral legitimacy. According to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611690
SKU
V9780700611690
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About Peter Josephson
Peter Josephson is visiting assistant professor of political science at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Reviews for The Great Art of Government: Locke's Use of Consent
A significant contribution to the study of John Locke. MICHAEL P. ZUCKERT, AUTHOR OF NATURAL RIGHTS AND THE NEW REPUBLICANISM AND LAUNCHING LIBERALISM: ON LOCKEAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ""A work of impressive originality and insight."" PETER C. MYERS, AUTHOR OF OUR ONLY STAR AND COMPASS: LOCKE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL RATIONALITY