http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/john-locke Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 09:51:28 -0400 Fri, 22 May 2026 09:51:28 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1683/the-lockean-memory-theory-of-personal-identity-definition-objection-response By Ryan A. Piccirillo - In the history of discourse on the subject of the self and personal identity, conflicting viewpoints have arisen. Some suggest that the self is simply the mind which thinks; others posit that the self is identifiable with one’s body; still others claim that to even conjure an idea of the self is an impossibility. In his Essay, Locke suggests that the self is “a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places” and continues to define personal identity simply as “the sameness... Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1683/the-lockean-memory-theory-of-personal-identity-definition-objection-response http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/75/john-locke-on-equality-toleration-and-the-atheist-exception By Adalei Broers - In spite of legislation protecting each individual, conflict will inevitably erupt, if not between a government and its people then among the people themselves. This of course will impact the state and inevitably require response. It is in this perspective that Locke writes A Letter Concerning Toleration, addressing the issue of religious intolerance, a problem that permeated 17th century English society. He was extremely critical of the fervent behavior of people concerning their religious beliefs, particularly of those with “intemperate zeal” (Locke, Toleration, 9) who would attempt... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/75/john-locke-on-equality-toleration-and-the-atheist-exception http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/6/john-locke-and-the-second-treatise-on-government By Sawyer A. Theriault - The best way to figure this out, Locke reasoned, was to imagine a state in which no government existed. Then by seeing that state, determine where necessary laws and governing bodies are needed. Locke described the role of civil government like this: “Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death, and consequently all less penalties, for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community, in the execution of such laws, and in the defence of the common-wealth from foreign injury; and all this only for the public good... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:24 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/6/john-locke-and-the-second-treatise-on-government