John locke thoughts on government shutdown

In Chapters VIII-XI of his 2d Treatise on Government: Of Civil Government, John Locke makes his central argument for limited government.

John locke thoughts on government shutdown

In Chapters VIII and IX, he argues that governments arise out of a situation with no government, and so derive their powers from the intentions of those in that initial situation of no government. In Chapters X and XI, he lays out his views on the most basic rules for appropriate government constitutions.

Below, I give links to all of my posts on these chapters, as well as links at the bottom to the aggregator posts for earlier chapters. Of the posts on Chapters VIII-XI, the most important five are these:

1. We Are All Born Free

2. Defense against the Black Hats is the Origin of the State

3. The Public Good

4. The Only Legitimate Power of Governments is to Articulate the Law of Nature

5. No One is Above the Law, which Must Be Established and Promulgated and Designed for the Good of the People; Tax