John Locke, English empiricist and early defender of liberty A vastly influential moral and political thinker, and some would argue he made possible the revolutions in both America and France ...

Examining Locke's theory in the "Letter Concerning Toleration" (1689), the article argues that this is indeed the case. The liberal model of toleration is a secularization of the theology of Christian ...

Few works, however, move beyond philosophical anthropology in considering the basis of such exclusions. This article examines the economic concerns that frame citizenship and political membership in ...

Before we discuss the concept of ‘liberty’, it would be appropriate to discuss the ‘law’ both as 'positivistic' manner and 'naturalistic' manner in view of the great philosopher John Locke.

FOR anyone who believes in freedom of thought, worship and speech, John Locke must rank as a towering genius. In an era when Europe had been torn asunder by warfare between Catholic and Protestant ...

Anne McElvoy tours 300 years of British liberalism, starting with dissident philosopher John Locke, whose opposition to arbitrary power drove him into exile - but still shapes us.