P SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Aggressiveness of the Press a Should private lives of officials be open to scrutiny b What should the public know about II Future political trends a Fewer professional politicians b Decentralization of government c Weaker presidency d Rise of independent voters III Barriers to the Third Party Candidacy a Need money b Difficult campaign system getting on the ballot in 50 states c Finding the right person d Tradition of political parties e Convincing the public a third party candidate can win IV Where do our ideas about government come from a John Locke 1632 1704 i Civil war royalist vs parliamentarians ii Ascent of Oliver Cromwell These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 1 Established himself as Lord Protector Outline of Current Lecture I John Locke a Monarchs and Divine Right b Locke s Father was a Royalist Locke became a parliamentarian i Fled to Holland c The Glorious Revolution of 1688 d Locke wrote to justify the Glorious Revolution II The State of Nature a Free but uncertain i No laws or protection III What makes government legitimate a Consent of the governed i A change from rule by divine right IV Other contributions of Locke a Contract i Mayflower Compact b Majority Rule V Importance of Property a Enables freedom Current Lecture I John Locke a Context of writings is important to understanding the intent i 2nd Treatise of Government b grew up in a royalist household and but became a strong supporter of the parliament c Oliver Cromwell i beheaded the king became a dictator ii Evangelical Christian iii caught up in himself and his own power iv even recently people have been discovering things that were hidden from Cromwell d Locke didn t believe in Divine Right but in People s Consent e Studied philosophy and medicine at Oxford i Received a degree in medicine ii In that time after finishing college people would become assistants to prominent people 1 Locke became assistant to Sir Walter Bane iii He became the family doctor of the Banes and the tutor to the children f Fled to Holland with the Banes i While in Holland the Civil War broke out and the Parliamentarians won 1 Glorious Revolution of 1688 II His Thoughts on People Key Word CONSENT a What makes government legitimate i When police force themselves into their homes is that legitimate NO the people didn t consent to it ii Ukraine may have started legitimately through an election but he became an illegitimate dictator b Is it okay for the people to stage an uprising i Yes because the people come together and CONSENT to form a contract with each other to change the state of nature ii What if one person does not agree 1 Rhode Island Roger Williams formed his own colony with his own religious ideals 2 So only the people who agree to it become part of the unified body contract c So who rules i The majority should rule true democracy d Three theoretical concepts that we take for granted came from Locke i Consent ii Social Contract iii Majority Rule e Saw property as a means i It enables freedom ii