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P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 This page intentionally left blank ii P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 JohnLocke’sPoliticsofMoralConsensus The aim of this highly original book is twofold: to explain the rec- onciliationofreligionandpoliticsintheworkofJohnLockeandto explore the relevance of that reconciliation for politics in our own time. Confrontedwithdeepsocialdivisionsoverultimatebeliefs,Locke sought to unite society in a single liberal community. Reason could identifydivinemorallawsthatwouldbeacceptabletomembersofall culturalgroups,therebyjustifyingtheauthorityofgovernment.Greg Forster demonstrates that Locke’s theory is liberal and rational but alsomoralandreligious,providinganalternativetothetwoextremes ofreligiousfanaticismandmoralrelativism. ThisfreshnewaccountofLocke’sthoughtwillappealtospecial- ists and advanced students across philosophy, political science, and religiousstudies. GregForsterisaseniorresearchassociateattheManhattanInstitute forPolicyResearch. i P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 ii P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 John Locke’s Politics of Moral Consensus GREG FORSTER TheManhattanInstituteforPolicyResearch iii    Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridg e.org /9780521842181 ©GregForster2005 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2005 - ---- eBook (NetLibrary) - --- eBook (NetLibrary) - ---- hardback - --- hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof sforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhisbook,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 Thisbookisdedicatedwithloveandadmirationto ElizabethAnnForster v P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 Platohasnohesitationinassertingthat tobeaphilosopheristoloveGod. Itimmediatelyfollowsthattheseekerafterwisdom (whichisthemeaningof“philosopher”) willonlyattaintohappiness whenhehasbeguntoenjoyGod. AugustineofHippo TheCityofGod,BookVIII,Chapter10 IwanttoknowGod’sthoughts. Therestaredetails. AlbertEinstein vi P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 Contents Acknowledgments pageix ListofAbbreviations xi 1 “ReasonTeachesAllMankind,WhoWillButConsultIt”: JohnLockeandMoralConsensus 1 2 “SitDowninQuietIgnorance”:Locke’sEpistemologyof Limits 40 3 “TheCandleoftheLord”:Locke’sRationalFaith 84 4 “TheOnlyFoundationofFaith”:ReasonableChristianity 128 5 “TheOnlyTrueTouchstoneofMoralRectitude”:The ReligiousFoundationsofMorality 167 6 “’TisReasonabletoThinktheCauseIsNatural”:Locke’s ReligiousEudemonism 194 7 “TheServantsofOneSovereignMaster”:Authorityand MoralConsensus 218 8 “TheOpinionofThisorThatPhilosopherWasofNo Authority”:LockeandUs 259 Notes 273 Bibliography 309 Index 315 vii P1:ICD/KJS 0521842182agg.xml CY508B/Forster 0521842182 January17,2005 19:4 viii

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