John Locke's Second Treatise of Government and the Limits of Our Implicit Consent to Government

By Adam Link
(Book-Reviews/Philosophy)

In John Locke's Second Treatise of Government,(PhilosopHy) his entire political philosophy hinges upon the fact that humans are moral equals and thus unable to legitimately govern or impose rules upon another without that other person's consent. For Locke, the perfect answer to this is entitled express consent. According to Locke, "[n]o body doubts but an express consent, of any man entering into any society, makes him a perfect member of that society, a subject of that government" (Locke 64). Express consent is the perfect way

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