The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty,... A Manual of English Literature - Page 477by Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 pagesFull view - About this book
| Christopher Wolfe - 2006 - 252 pages
...obliges everyone: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. For Men being all the Workmanship of one Omnipotent, and infinitely wise Maker; All the Servants of... | |
| Gretchen Ritter - 2006 - 400 pages
...obliges everyone: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions" (1980, 9). It is reason that undergirds private liberty. Still, the need for a neutral authority to... | |
| Rodney A. Smith - 2006 - 210 pages
...has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone . . . who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. . . . The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, ... to have only the... | |
| Daniel M. Hausman, Michael S. McPherson - 2006 - 353 pages
...every one: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. (1690, sec. 6) Similarly, the authors of the American Declaration of Independence regarded their claims... | |
| Alan Cromartie - 2006 - 18 pages
...no right to harm ourselves, 'reason . . . teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions'. 37 As 'freedom from absolute, arbitrary power' was 'so necessary to, and closely joined with a man's... | |
| Chana B. Cox - 2006 - 302 pages
...every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. (Second Treatise, 6) Man, as a naturally social being, has a natural morality. This natural morality... | |
| Nicolaus Tideman - 2006 - 358 pages
...every one: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. The corresponding requirement for relations among independent collectivities is that no collectivity... | |
| Carole J Keller - 2006 - 321 pages
...every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. " [Verna M. Hall & Rosalie J. Slater, The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States... | |
| Walter L. Battaglia - 2006 - 478 pages
...obliges everyone: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions." 21 Apparently, Locke believes there is an inborn reason which will force one to conclude that one ought... | |
| John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips - 2006 - 916 pages
...describes the law of nature, for example, as teaching "all Mankind, who will but consult it, that ... no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions" (Locke 1988, #6). This tells us that while the teachings of the law of nature are available to anyone... | |
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