wonderful! the just laws are the laws which the general public make themselves and agree to be applied on themselves along with all participants. But still, do public representatives actually represent the public after being elected is another issue.
Surely most political and legal theorists would agree that modern elected legislators don't have the necessary expertise to directly enact every single needed regulation in technical areas such as food, drugs, building codes, etc. Locke didn't live in a technical society like ours, so it's reasonable to assume he would approve of changes like these. For you to claim otherwise, without argument, in a talk supposedly about Locke is highly tendentious.
Locke says explicitly and mostly in italics at the end of Chapter XI: "The legislative neither must nor can transfer the power of making laws to any body else, or place it any where, but where the people have." Locke is aware that legislatures have to face complex issues; that's why they hold hearings and seek input from experts. But in the end the decision to enact legislation must remain theirs. He would be horrified by the entire concept of administrative law.
It was John Lock's ideals which led not only British lip service opposition to slavery but the West Africa Squadron. For a brief histories of the valor of the West Africa Squadron, see the links below. ruclips.net/video/TiSekII0sjw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_x0KhBVBb2s/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_NoWIZv96KU/видео.html
wonderful! the just laws are the laws which the general public make themselves and agree to be applied on themselves along with all participants. But still, do public representatives actually represent the public after being elected is another issue.
What's a joke at the end of the lecture...I like it 😂
... thanks for enlightening us with a much needed lecture.
Pranam(respect) from india..🙏🙏🙏
Why is man so deserving of these natural rights?
I appreciate your content, Dr. Bonevac!!
Surely most political and legal theorists would agree that modern elected legislators don't have the necessary expertise to directly enact every single needed regulation in technical areas such as food, drugs, building codes, etc. Locke didn't live in a technical society like ours, so it's reasonable to assume he would approve of changes like these. For you to claim otherwise, without argument, in a talk supposedly about Locke is highly tendentious.
Locke says explicitly and mostly in italics at the end of Chapter XI: "The legislative neither must nor can transfer the power of making laws to any body else, or place it any where, but where the people have." Locke is aware that legislatures have to face complex issues; that's why they hold hearings and seek input from experts. But in the end the decision to enact legislation must remain theirs. He would be horrified by the entire concept of administrative law.
I'm pretty sure Locke was an apologist for the slavery in his time.
Citation needed.
It was John Lock's ideals which led not only British lip service opposition to slavery but the West Africa Squadron.
For a brief histories of the valor of the West Africa Squadron, see the links below.
ruclips.net/video/TiSekII0sjw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/_x0KhBVBb2s/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/_NoWIZv96KU/видео.html