...idea of ourselves as understanding rational beings being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered and pursued afford such foundations...might place morality amongst the sciences capable of demonstration."61 The doctrines of the Second Treatise of Civil Government reappear in such important...

...idea of ourselves as understanding rational beings, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered and pursued, afford such foundations...necessary consequences as incontestable as those in mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out to anyone that will apply himself with...

...philosophers who shaped the minds of our political men. John Locke had no doubt that "morality [stood] amongst the sciences capable of demonstration: wherein...self-evident propositions by necessary consequences, as incomestible as those in mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out to anyone that...

...idea of ourselves as understanding rational beings, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered and pursued, afford such foundations...necessary consequences as incontestable as those in mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out to anyone that will apply himself with...

...real Essence or other Qualities ofthat Creature are in this Case, is no way considered. (Ill xi 16) I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by...the measures of right and wrong might be made out. . . . (IV iii 18) But if our moral knowledge is to give up reliance on or search for knowledge of the...

...wisdom" and of "ourselves, as understanding, rational beings"; those two "ideas . . . would, I suppose, if duly considered and pursued, afford such foundations...our duty and rules of action as might place morality among the sciences capable of demonstration." The second way starts from the "ideas" of justice, property...

...of ourselves, as understanding, rational creatures, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered, and pursued, afford such foundations...necessary consequences, as incontestable as those in mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out, to any one that will apply himself...

...and "the science of them, is the true and only moral philosophy" (ibid.). "I doubt not," says Locke, "but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary...the measures of right and wrong might be made out" (Essay concerning Human Understanding 4.3.18). "Before there were ever any laws made," says Montesquieu...

...of our selves, as understanding, rational Beings, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered, and pursued, afford such Foundations...Morality amongst the Sciences capable of Demonstration. ,109 All this raises certain questions of interpretation. Some, which will not be pursued far here,...

...of our selves, as understanding, rational Beings, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered, and pursued, afford such Foundations...Duty and Rules of Action, as might place Morality among the Sciences capable of Demonstration: wherein I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions,...