‘The Politics of Trust’ considers the nature of political authority. Locke initially feared any challenge to the authority of a monarch, because of the danger of disorder, but eventually ...
More‘The Politics of Trust’ considers the nature of political authority. Locke initially feared any challenge to the authority of a monarch, because of the danger of disorder, but eventually decided that every adult man could judge how best to preserve civil society. It was the ruler's duty to protect the natural rights of citizens, making the monarch the servant and not the owner of those he ruled. At the heart of the relation of government to men lay trust, which was dependent on God; if this trust was breached, then men had the right to rebel against their sovereign. ...
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