God, Locke, and Equality
God, Locke, and Equality
This is a concise and profound book from one of the world's leading political and legal philosophers about a major theme, equality, and the proposition that humans are all one another's equals. Jeremy Waldron explores the implications of this fundamental tenet for law, politics, society and economy in the company of John Locke, whose work Waldron regards 'as well-worked-out a theory of basic equality as we have in the canon of political philosophy'. Throughout the text, which is based on the Carlyle Lectures given in Oxford in 1999, Jeremy Waldron discusses contemporary approaches to equality and rival interpretations of Locke, and this dual agenda gives the whole an unusual degree of accessibility and intellectual excitement, of interest to philosophers, political theorists, lawyers and theologians around the world.
- Jeremy Waldron has become one of the world's leading political philosophers, with a large audience in departments of philosophy, law and politics
- Concise, lecture-based treatment of a central issue in the history of ideas - Locke, equality and Christian theology - and its importance for contemporary views of equality
- Text is accessible, engaging and immediate - eminently adoptable!
Reviews & endorsements
'Waldron's scholarly abilities and empathy for his subject are everywhere apparent in this nuanced study … This book can serve as a model for those who specialize in the discipline of analytical political and legal theory … Waldron's study of Locke is lucid and well-organized …'. Donald J. Dietrich, Boston College
'… lucid and highly engaging … complex yet accessible … Other books have stressed the role of religion in Locke's political thought, but none has demonstrated the enduring philosophical relevance and integrity of Locke's religious views as convincingly as Waldron's. Its bold and intriguing insights urge us to rethink the place of religion within liberalism.' History of Political Thought
Product details
November 2002Paperback
9780521890571
276 pages
228 × 152 × 19 mm
0.442kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Citations and abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Adam and Eve
- 3. Species and the shape of equality
- 4. 'The democratic intellect'
- 5. Kings, fathers, voters, subjects and crooks
- 6. 'Disproportionate and unequal possession'
- 7. 'By our Saviour's interpretation'
- 8. Tolerating atheists?
- Bibliography
- Index.
