Prerogative and revolution in the Lockean commonwealth
Subtitle: emergency actions in a lawful society.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Description: John Locke argues for the necessity and right of extralegal executive action ("prerogative") within the framework of a society governed by laws. Such actions are justified by the same arguments used to support the rule of law. The use of these powers, however, threatens to overturn the commonwealth; in the final analysis, Locke relies upon the spirited enlightenment of the people to combat this threat. The necessity of extralegal actions is representative of mankind's merely-partial success in conquering a world governed by chance and characterized by flux. The study of prerogative reveals the dependence of the Lockean commonwealth upon the proper education of its members.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: A, page: 3786.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

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