Essays on John Locke

In Canadian jurisprudence, the legal system breaks off into several theories and concepts of law which are needed to sustain an orderly society, protect our rights and freedoms and to assure the safety of our community. In particular, the natural law theory is based upon...

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both have unique ideas about human nature and the way that ideas are formed in humans’ heads. Predicting human actions and analyzing what causes them is not something that can be easily done, but these writers have different opinions on...

The government is responsible to protect and preserve individual civil liberties. John Locke defines nature when the individuals look out for themselves. However, a government is a group of people who define what justice is according to their viewpoints. The government feels threatened when there...

In the case of Jessica, the ten year old who has been comatose since birth, empiricist and rationalist epistemologists would have to distinct theories regarding what Jessica knows the moment after she wakes up. If we assume that Jessica is completely unaware of herself and...