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Pirates, Kings and Reasons to Ad: Moral Motivation and the Role of Sanctions in Locke's Moral Theory
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Locke's moral theory consists of two explicit and distinct elements — a
broadly rationalist theory of natural law and a hedonistic conception of
moral good. The rationalist account, which we find most prominently in his
early Essays on the Law of Nature, is generally
taken to consist in three things. First, Locke holds that our moral rules
are founded on universal, divine natural laws. Second, such moral laws are
taken to be discoverable by reason. Third, by dint of their divine
authorship, moral laws are obligatory and rationally discernible as such.
Locke's hedonism, which is developed most fully in his later
Essay Concerning Human Understanding,
consists in the view that all good amounts to pleasure, with specifically
moral good taken to consist in the
pleasurable consequences of discharging one's moral duties.
Title: Pirates, Kings and Reasons to Ad: Moral Motivation and the Role of
Sanctions in Locke's Moral Theory
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Locke's moral theory consists of two explicit and distinct elements — a
broadly rationalist theory of natural law and a hedonistic conception of
moral good.
The rationalist account, which we find most prominently in his
early Essays on the Law of Nature, is generally
taken to consist in three things.
First, Locke holds that our moral rules
are founded on universal, divine natural laws.
Second, such moral laws are
taken to be discoverable by reason.
Third, by dint of their divine
authorship, moral laws are obligatory and rationally discernible as such.
Locke's hedonism, which is developed most fully in his later
Essay Concerning Human Understanding,
consists in the view that all good amounts to pleasure, with specifically
moral good taken to consist in the
pleasurable consequences of discharging one's moral duties.
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