Locke as Possessive Individualist
Locke as Possessive Individualist
This chapter analyzes Macpherson's treatment of Locke. It discusses Macpherson's demonstration that Locke legitimated the unlimited accumulation of capital, and criticisms against Macpherson's version of Locke. It argues that critics misread into Macpherson a concern with Locke's purposes. He was not aiming to show that Locke had a capitalist Master Plan, rather he was responding to, and intervening in, a changing economic and social environment, which was becoming significantly capitalist.
Keywords: C. B. Macpherson, Locke, capitalism, social environment
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