Theo Todman's Web Page - Paper Abstracts

Philosopher’s Index Abstract

1. Argues that Locke's idiosyncracy as an Exclusion Whig writer forces him to adopt an exceptionally intense radicalism, embracing both political resistance and the deposing of the king.
2. Miscalculations in the repeated efforts at a direct historical substantiation of Locke's position in the early chapters of the "Second Treatise";
3. Miscalculations about the role of consent in his accounts of the origins of government;
4. Rationalist arguments for consent;
5. Secondary state of nature atop pre-existing government;
6. Consensual theory;
7. General concept of wrongdoing.