John Locke — Government as a Service

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Douglas Giles, PhD
12 min readMar 20

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Jon Locke — Philosopher and Policy Wonk

Locke’s political philosophy has had a lasting effect on our society.

Government at the consent of the governed. It is a principle we assume today and demand. It was not always so. For centuries in the medieval and early modern era the dominant European philosophy of government was the “divine right of kings” —…

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Douglas Giles, PhD

Philosopher by trade & temperament, professor for 20 years, bringing philosophy out of its ivory tower and into everyday life. https://linktr.ee/dgilesphd