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Ideas for 'On Liberty', 'Second Treatise of Government' and 'The Decline of the West'

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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
19913 A master forfeits ownership of slaves he abandons [Locke]
19870 If you try to enslave me, you have declared war on me [Locke]
19883 Slaves captured in a just war have no right to property, so are not part of civil society [Locke]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
7213 Liberty arises at the point where people can freely and equally discuss things [Mill]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
20516 Mill defends freedom as increasing happiness, but maybe it is an intrinsic good [Wolff,J on Mill]
20517 Utilitarianism values liberty, but guides us on which ones we should have or not have [Mill, by Wolff,J]
7215 True freedom is pursuing our own good, while not impeding others [Mill]
7220 Restraint for its own sake is an evil [Mill]
7218 Individuals are not accountable for actions which only concern themselves [Mill]
7221 Blocking entry to an unsafe bridge does not infringe liberty, since no one wants unsafe bridges [Mill]
7223 Pimping and running a gambling-house are on the border between toleration and restraint [Mill]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 6. Political freedom
19871 Freedom is not absence of laws, but living under laws arrived at by consent [Locke]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
19880 All value depends on the labour involved [Locke]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 3. Alienating rights
19873 We all own our bodies, and the work we do is our own [Locke]
19884 There is only a civil society if the members give up all of their natural executive rights [Locke]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
19877 Fountain water is everyone's, but a drawn pitcher of water has an owner [Locke]
6580 Locke (and Marx) held that ownership of objects is a natural relation, based on the labour put into it [Locke, by Fogelin]
20520 Locke says 'mixing of labour' entitles you to land, as well as nuts and berries [Wolff,J on Locke]
19875 A man's labour gives ownership rights - as long as there are fair shares for all [Locke]
19874 If a man mixes his labour with something in Nature, he thereby comes to own it [Locke]
19876 Gathering natural fruits gives ownership; the consent of other people is irrelevant [Locke]
19878 Mixing labour with a thing bestows ownership - as long as the thing is not wasted [Locke]
19879 A man owns land if he cultivates it, to the limits of what he needs [Locke]
19898 Soldiers can be commanded to die, but not to hand over their money [Locke]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system
19881 The aim of law is not restraint, but to make freedom possible [Locke]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
19868 It is only by a law of Nature that we can justify punishing foreigners [Locke]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish
19869 Punishment should make crime a bad bargain, leading to repentance and deterrence [Locke]
7219 Society can punish actions which it believes to be prejudicial to others [Mill]
19867 Reparation and restraint are the only justifications for punishment [Locke]
19912 Self-defence is natural, but not the punishment of superiors by inferiors [Locke]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 3. Welfare provision
7226 Benefits performed by individuals, not by government, help also to educate them [Mill]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 4. Taxation
19899 The consent of the people is essential for any tax [Locke]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
7224 We need individual opinions and conduct, and State education is a means to prevent that [Mill]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
7225 It is a crime to create a being who lacks the ordinary chances of a desirable existence [Mill]