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| Right of resistance: The right of resistance is the right of citizens to use force to overthrow a tyrannical government. It is a controversial right, and there is no consensus on its legitimacy or scope. See also Justice, Civil disobedience, Society, Rights, Law, Totalitarianism, Tyranny, Violence, Coercion._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Locke on Right of Resistance - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 255 Right of Resistance/Locke/Höffe: Locke advocates a right of resistance with two arguments. 1) According to the first argument(1), tyranny begins where an authority exceeds the legal powers in the exercise of its official authority. Thus it encroaches on the rights of others, against which one may resist as against private individuals. See >Civil Disobedience. 2) The second argument from the final chapter(2) on the dissolution of the government refers to the pre-contractual alternative to the natural state: whoever proceeds by force without being entitled to do so, that is, whoever violates the principle of legality, puts himself in a state of war. Because this removes all previous obligations, one has the right Höffe I 256 to defend, that is, to resist those who use violence. This legitimate resistance need not be satisfied with a merely symbolic resistance or only verbal opposition. For the sake of effectiveness, it may resort to violence itself and even punish a superior, because the state of war dissolves all hierarchy. >War/Locke. Monarchy: the right to resist: even in a (constitutional) monarchy, state power ultimately rests with the authority from which all political power emanates, the people, who conclude the treaties. Even if he does not use the term yet, Locke is a pioneer of the principle of sovereignty of the people. Problem/Höffe: Quis iudicabit? Locke mentions some aspects, for example that the legislature is attacking the property of the subjects. However, the question of when and at what level of public charges this happens is a recurring problem: who decides? 1. Locke, Second treatise of Government, § 202 2. Ibid., Chap. XIX_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loc III J. Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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