Question

Which statement supports the claim that the political philosophy of John Locke was as revolutionary as the scientific revolution of Copernicus?

Answer 1

John Locke is one of the "social contract"-philosophers. He believed that people had the right to participate in governing the state, since they were rational/sensible. Locke believed that humans were born with certain natural rights, rights of life, liberty and property. Locke believed that ALL people had those rights, that they are universal. The government's job was to protect those rights. If the ruled breaks the contract, for instance by killing or stealing, the government has the right to punish them. But the ruled also have the right to get rid of the rulers if they break THEIR part of the contract. In other words, the people have the right to rebel, to choose their own leaders (the idea of popular sovereignty, as opposed to earlier, when the king was the sovereign). It is no coincident that these ideas first got a strong hold in Great Britain. His famous book, Two Treatises of Governments, were published in 1689, only one year after "the Glorious Revolution", when William 3. of Orange overthrew James 2. and the Bill of Rights laid down limits on the powers of sovereign and set out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. Locke's ideas were later important as inspiration for both the American and French revolutions

Answer 2

This is just as important inn realzing that the sun was at the center of the solar system we live in (copernicus)

Answer 3

can we get a fluttering answer? im not reading that pellet.

Answer 4

Hi Nurali lol