Locke's Two Treatises of Government › Further Reading

Michael BrenndoerferUpdated April 7, 20251 min read
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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.