John Locke: Liberal Champion of Natural Rights (Locke, Pt. 1)

New section of the lecture series, Foundations of Western Political Thought -- this time on John Locke, English philosopher and founder of liberalism. Locke is famous for many works, including, his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, but most especially, his Two Treatises of Government, wherein he defends a form of social contract in which the People are supreme, and in which government is obliged to respect their natural rights and whose legitimacy is grounded on the consent of the governed.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
2:08 – Early Life of John Locke
5:56 – The Second Treatise of Government
10:36 – Locke vs. Hobbes / Social Contract
14:55 – Locke vs. Filmer / Divine Right of Kings
21:37 – Was Locke a Libertarian?
24:14 – Coinage and Monetary Theory
25:08 – An Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
30:37 – Religious Toleration
33:01 – The Reasonableness of Christianity

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Dr. Jonathan Barth received his PhD in history from George Mason University in 2014. He specializes in the history of money and banking in the early modern period, with corollary interests in early modern politics, empire, culture, and ideas. Barth is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and Associate Director of the Center for American Institutions at Arizona State University.
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