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Our Only Star and Compass

Locke and the Struggle for Political Rationality

Peter C. Myers

In Our Only Star and Compass: Locke and the Struggle for Political Rationality, Peter C. Myers reexamines the role of Locke in liberal political philosophy. Myers considers Locke's philosophy in relation both to contemporary liberalism and to the great works of classical and modern political philosophy. With an emphasis on the human capacity for rational self-government, Myers clarifies Locke's insights into the status of reason in political life, arguing that Locke presents reason as a way of life that offers humans fulfillment, and moral and political moderation.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 288 • Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-8476-9098-5 • Hardback • November 1998 • $143.00 • (£110.00)
978-0-8476-9099-2 • Paperback • November 1998 • $54.00 • (£42.00)
Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Peter C. Myers is associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: Locke, Liberalism, and Political Rationality
Chapter 3 The Question of the Foundation
Chapter 4 Natural Science and Natural History
Chapter 5 Natural History and the State of Nature
Chapter 6 Nature and the Rational Pursuit of Happiness
Chapter 7 Locke's Constitutional Design
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Chapter 9 Bibliography
Chapter 10 Index
Exceptionally well written, this book represents a major contribution to Lockean scholarship. An original approach.
— Choice Reviews


An original, perceptive, and demanding contribution to the debate on interpretation that is at the center of recent literature on liberal politics.
— John A. Gueguen, Illinois State University; Perspectives on Political Science


The best book on the foundations of Locke's moral and political doctrine. . . .
—


This is an important contribution. . . . Forges ahead to recover a very philosophical and prudent Locke, who emerges as still the best philosophical account of the liberal regime. . . . This book enters right into the main arguments about Locke and offers a fresh interpretation.
— John Hittinger, U.S. Air Force Academy


Our Only Star and Compass

Locke and the Struggle for Political Rationality

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • In Our Only Star and Compass: Locke and the Struggle for Political Rationality, Peter C. Myers reexamines the role of Locke in liberal political philosophy. Myers considers Locke's philosophy in relation both to contemporary liberalism and to the great works of classical and modern political philosophy. With an emphasis on the human capacity for rational self-government, Myers clarifies Locke's insights into the status of reason in political life, arguing that Locke presents reason as a way of life that offers humans fulfillment, and moral and political moderation.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 288 • Trim: 6 x 9¼
    978-0-8476-9098-5 • Hardback • November 1998 • $143.00 • (£110.00)
    978-0-8476-9099-2 • Paperback • November 1998 • $54.00 • (£42.00)
    Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Author
Author
  • Peter C. Myers is associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Preface
    Chapter 2 Introduction: Locke, Liberalism, and Political Rationality
    Chapter 3 The Question of the Foundation
    Chapter 4 Natural Science and Natural History
    Chapter 5 Natural History and the State of Nature
    Chapter 6 Nature and the Rational Pursuit of Happiness
    Chapter 7 Locke's Constitutional Design
    Chapter 8 Conclusion
    Chapter 9 Bibliography
    Chapter 10 Index
Reviews
Reviews
  • Exceptionally well written, this book represents a major contribution to Lockean scholarship. An original approach.
    — Choice Reviews


    An original, perceptive, and demanding contribution to the debate on interpretation that is at the center of recent literature on liberal politics.
    — John A. Gueguen, Illinois State University; Perspectives on Political Science


    The best book on the foundations of Locke's moral and political doctrine. . . .
    —


    This is an important contribution. . . . Forges ahead to recover a very philosophical and prudent Locke, who emerges as still the best philosophical account of the liberal regime. . . . This book enters right into the main arguments about Locke and offers a fresh interpretation.
    — John Hittinger, U.S. Air Force Academy


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