Starting with Locke

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
i. Everything old is new – Locke’s continuing relevance......Page 15
ii. The tectonic plates – Religion, morality, and politics......Page 16
iii. The earthquake – The Reformation and the wars of religion......Page 17
iv. The new way......Page 19
v. Something old, something new......Page 20
vi. Locke and modernity......Page 24
CHAPTER 1: LOCKE’S TIMES......Page 25
i. The church, the state, and the conscience – The Reformation......Page 26
ii. From bad to worse – The English Reformation......Page 28
iii. Deep division – Or, playing games with God’s law......Page 31
iv. The Civil War and its aftermath......Page 32
v. At Oxford – Locke the authoritarian......Page 33
vi. In Cleves – Authoritarianism challenged......Page 35
vii. Lord Ashley – Authoritarianism renounced......Page 37
viii. A new storm gathers......Page 40
ix. The storm breaks – The Exclusion Crisis......Page 41
x. The revolutionary Locke......Page 44
xi. In Amsterdam – Rebellion continues......Page 45
xii. The Glorious Revolution and Locke’s Annus Mirabilis......Page 47
xiii. Locke’s times and ours......Page 48
CHAPTER 2: LOCKE’S WORLDVIEW......Page 50
i. An Epistemology of Religion, Morality, and Politics......Page 51
ii. Truth – The Universal Desire......Page 53
iii. How the Truth Divides Us......Page 55
iv. How the Truth can Unite Us......Page 59
v. The Limits of Unity – and the Limits of the Limits......Page 61
vi. You Aren’t Born a Believer, You’re Born to Believe......Page 62
vii. The Limits of Ideas......Page 65
viii. The Limits of Language......Page 68
ix. Reasons to Believe – Judgment and Degrees of Assent......Page 71
x. Epistemology and Politics......Page 74
CHAPTER 3: LOCKE’S REASONABLE FAITH......Page 76
i. Locke’s Lockean Religion......Page 78
ii. Reasonableness in Our Faith......Page 79
iii. Faithfulness in Our Reason......Page 82
iv. The Method of Reasonable Faith – God......Page 85
v. God and Moral Authority......Page 87
vi. The Method of Reasonable Faith – Evidence and Revelation......Page 91
vii. “Faith is not Faith Without Believing” – Toleration......Page 93
viii. Theology and Toleration......Page 98
ix. Religious Freedom and Modernity......Page 99
CHAPTER 4: LOCKE’S NATURAL LAW......Page 101
i. Locke’s Eudaimonism – Happiness and Morality......Page 103
ii. Eudaimonism and Natural Law......Page 104
iii. The Evidence of Natural Capacities......Page 106
iv. The Evidence of Cultural Practices......Page 107
v. The Evidence of Historical Patterns......Page 109
vi. Locke’s Natural Law – Classical, Medieval, and Modern......Page 111
CHAPTER 5: LOCKE’S NATURAL RIGHTS......Page 113
i. Who’s in Charge? Mere Force vs. Authority......Page 114
ii. Natural Equality and Natural Rights......Page 115
iii. The State of Nature......Page 118
iv. Life in the State of Nature......Page 120
v. Are Societies Formed by Force or Consent?......Page 122
vi. Why Create a Society?......Page 125
vii. Justice and Power – The Neutral Judge......Page 126
CHAPTER 6: LOCKE’S REBELLION......Page 129
i. What Just Happened Here? Interpreting the Exclusion Crisis......Page 131
ii. A Brief Pre-History of the Right to Rebellion......Page 133
iii. Rebellion Takes Center Stage......Page 135
iv. Society and Government......Page 136
v. Consent and Responsibility – Authority as a Trust......Page 138
vi. Trust Issues......Page 140
vii. No Escape from Responsibility......Page 142
viii. The Two Treatises and the Declaration of Independence......Page 144
ix. The Paradox of Politics......Page 146
CONCLUSION......Page 148
i. Clearing the Rubbish – Locke’s Epistemological Legacy......Page 149
ii. Faith that Works by Love – Locke’s Religious Legacy......Page 150
iii. Moral Consensus – Locke’s Political Legacy......Page 152
iv. What Came Next......Page 153
v. The Breakdown of Moral Consensus......Page 156
vi. The Twenty-First Century – Either Neo-Lockean or Pre-Lockean......Page 158
Notes......Page 160
D......Page 169
M......Page 170
R......Page 171
Z......Page 172