Liberty and Suspension in Locke’s Essay

I argue for two controversial claims about Locke’s account of liberty in Essay 2.21. The first claim is that Locke does not identify liberty with freedom of action. Instead, Locke places further conditions on liberty beyond to the power to perform or forbear an action at will. The second (and close...

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Main Author: Matthew A Leisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Libraries, The University of Western Ontario 2022-07-01
Series:Locke Studies
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Online Access:https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/locke/article/view/13972