John Locke's Moral Revolution: From Natural Law to Moral Relativism

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Contrary to the long-cherished opinion of John Locke's infatuation with natural law, there is abundant proof that the amount of intellectual energy Locke devoted to his philosophical views was nowhere as narrow as the attempt to justify a natural law outlook. John Locke's Moral Revolution critiques two traditional approaches to John Locke's philosophy. The first approach interprets John Locke as committed to justifying his early his early Christian / Aristotelian views of the law of nature. The second approach sees Locke attempting to manage a cluster of inconsistent moral views. In this new work, author Samuel Zinaich, Jr. argues that Locke attempts to establish a solid underpinning for religious, moral, and political ideas upon the philosophy of corpuscularism.

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Samuel Zinaich, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University Calumet. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. He is the co-editor of Ethics for the Professions. He is active in scholarly philosophical societies and is a member of the Editorial board for The International Journal of Philosophical Practice.