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In Our Only Star and Compass: Locke and the Struggle for Political Rationality, Peter C. Myers reexamines the role of Locke in liberal political philosophy. Myers considers Locke's philosophy in relation both to contemporary liberalism and to the great works of classical and modern political philosophy. With an emphasis on the human capacity for rational self-government, Myers clarifies Locke's insights into the status of reason in political life, arguing that Locke presents reason as a way of life that offers humans fulfillment, and moral and political moderation.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Introduction: Locke, Liberalism, and Political Rationality
Chapter 3 The Question of the Foundation
Chapter 4 Natural Science and Natural History
Chapter 5 Natural History and the State of Nature
Chapter 6 Nature and the Rational Pursuit of Happiness
Chapter 7 Locke's Constitutional Design
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Bibliography
Chapter 10 Index
Product details
Published | 05 Nov 1998 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 288 |
ISBN | 9780847690992 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Dimensions | 227 x 149 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Exceptionally well written, this book represents a major contribution to Lockean scholarship. An original approach.
Choice Reviews
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An original, perceptive, and demanding contribution to the debate on interpretation that is at the center of recent literature on liberal politics.
John A. Gueguen, Illinois State University, Perspectives on Political Science
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This is an important contribution. . . . Forges ahead to recover a very philosophical and prudent Locke, who emerges as still the best philosophical account of the liberal regime. . . . This book enters right into the main arguments about Locke and offers a fresh interpretation.
John Hittinger, U.S. Air Force Academy