| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) |
| Contents |
Adam and Eve -- Species and the shape of equality -- 'The democratic intellect' -- Kings, fathers, voters, subjects, and crooks -- 'Disproportionate and unequal possession' -- 'By Our Saviour's interpretation' -- Tolerating atheists? |
| Summary |
"In this concise and engaging book, Jeremy Waldron explores these questions in the company of the seventeenth-century English philosopher John Locke. Waldron believes that Locke provides us with 'as well-worked-out a theory of basic equality as we have in the canon of political philosophy.' But for us it is a challenging theory because its foundations are unabashedly religious. God has created us equal, says Locke, and a proper grasp of the implications of this equality is inseparable from an understanding of ordinary men and women as creatures of God, created in his image and 'made to last during his, not one anothers Pleasure'." "But this is not just a book about Locke. God, Locke, and Equality discusses contemporary approaches to equality as well as rival interpretations of Locke, and this dual agenda gives the whole book an unusual degree of accessibility and intellectual excitement. Indispensable for Locke scholars and for those who study the foundations of equality and the relation between politics and religion, it will be of interest also to philosophers, political theorists, lawyers, and theologians around the world."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-254) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Contributions in political science
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Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Contributions in concept of equality
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| SUBJECT |
Locke, John, 1632-1704 fast |
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Locke, John. swd |
| Subject |
Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
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Equality
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Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Political science
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Politieke filosofie.
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Gelijkheid.
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Christendom.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511057865 |
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9780511057861 |
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0511064195 |
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9780511064197 |
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9780511072659 |
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0511072651 |
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1107132185 |
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9781107132184 |
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1280418397 |
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9781280418396 |
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1139147668 |
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9781139147668 |
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0511178239 |
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9780511178238 |
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0511330480 |
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9780511330483 |
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