Second Treatise of Government, Chapter 2: riassunto
Chapter 2 di 19 · Book 2 · 11 min per leggere: chapter
In Chapter 2, the speaker defines natural human freedom and equality as conditions governed by reason, giving everyone authority to punish wrongdoing while reserving compensation for the injured person. The argument accepts government as a remedy for biased judgment, challenges absolute monarchy, and identifies consent as the basis of political belonging.
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- The speaker describes natural freedom and equality, using Hooker to connect equality with duties of mutual care.
- Reason forbids harming others and gives everyone authority to punish violations for protection, restraint, and compensation.
- The speaker distinguishes the shared power to punish from the injured person's exclusive right to compensation.
- Government addresses biased private judgment, but absolute monarchy leaves a ruler free to judge his own disputes without restraint.
- Independent rulers remain in the natural condition, and only consent to join a political group ends that condition between people.
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Cosa notare
The distinction makes natural freedom compatible with binding duties. It introduces reason's restrictions on destruction and injury.
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Who may waive compensation owed for a private injury?
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