The 17th-century philosopher John Locke heavily influenced the American founding. The Heritage Foundation’s Joseph Loconte explains what advice Locke might have for America today.

Locke considered that every well-educated young person should study the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694) and Richard Hooker (1554-1600).

Locke's political philosophy, like any that centers on individual rights such as property rights, raises the question whether human beings have any duty to charity, or economic assistance, to the ...

Lind's basic argument is something like this: Locke's outline for the proper role and scope of government allows for two types of rights: natural rights (for the folks at home, these are the ones ...

John Locke (1632–1704) concerned himself primarily with society, where his views are often contrasted with those of Thomas Hobbes, and with epistemology, where he is usually placed alongside ...

The strange philosophy of a "left libertarian".Culture John Locke Lite The strange philosophy of a "left libertarian". Tom Palmer | From the January 2005 issue ...

John Locke was one of the original landgraves, as were the proprietors and high-born men such as Edmund Bellinger, Thomas Ash, Edmund Andros, Daniel Axtell, Sr. and Joseph Blake.