John Locke
30 Philosophers, Chapter 24: Locke and Natural Rights.
John was born on August 29, 1632 into a Puritan family in England. During his life, John Locke was focused on empiricism. He goes on to become a key figure in the empiricist revolution, with a dedication to the doctrine that experience is how knowledge is acquired. One of his popular ideas he published under his name was “tabula rasa,” in his work “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.” Locke’s “tabula rasa” translates to blank slate, and this idea is central to individual rights and freedoms.
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John Locke grounded human knowledge and human rights in experience rather than authority or tradition.
Subject: Natural Rights.
Locke helped turn the old relationship between ruler and subject upside down. Your basic rights do not come from a king or government, so they cannot simply take them away. Government is legitimate only while protecting the people it governs. Once rights stand above the ruler, political power is no longer absolute—it is checked.
What philosophical view did Locke champion?.
Answer. Empiricism.
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