Locke's Two Treatises of Government › Further Reading
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- John Locke, _Two Treatises of Government_ (edited by Peter Laslett). The standard scholarly edition with extensive introduction and notes.
- A. John Simmons, _The Lockean Theory of Rights_. A careful philosophical reconstruction and defense of Locke's theory.
- James Tully, _A Discourse on Property: John Locke and His Adversaries_. An influential interpretation emphasizing the limits Locke places on appropriation.
- Richard Ashcraft, _Revolutionary Politics and Locke's Two Treatises of Government_. Places Locke's work in its historical and political context.
- Jeremy Waldron, _God, Locke, and Equality_. Explores the religious foundations of Locke's political egalitarianism.