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1、Justice05HiredGuns?/ForSale:MotherhoodWhenweendedlasttime,wewerediscussingLocke'sideaofgovernmentbyconsentandthequestionarose,"Whatarethelimitsongovernmentthateventheagreementofthemajoritycan'toverride?"Thatwasthequestionweendedwith.WesawinthecaseofpropertyrightsthatonLocke'sviewademocraticallyelect
2、edgovernmenthastherighttotaxpeople.Ithastobetaxationwithconsentbecauseitdoesinvolvethetakingofpeople'spropertyforthecommongoodbutitdoesn'trequiretheconsentofeachindividualatthetimethetaxisenactedorcollected.Whatitdoesrequireisaprioractofconsenttojointhesociety,totakeonthepoliticalobligationbutonceyo
3、utakeonthatobligation,youagreetobeboundbythemajority.Somuchfortaxation.Butwhatyoumayask,abouttherighttolife?Canthegovernmentconscriptpeopleandsendthemintobattle?Andwhatabouttheideathatweownourselves?Isn'ttheideaofself-possessionviolatedifthegovernmentcan,throughcoercivelegislationandenforcementpower
4、s,say"YoumustgoriskyourlifetofightinIraq."WhatwouldLockesay?Doesthegovernmenthavetherighttodothat?Yes.Infacthesaysin139,hesays,"Whatmattersisthatthepoliticalauthorityorthemilitaryauthoritynotbearbitrary,that'swhatmatters."Andhegivesawonderfulexample.Hesays"Asergeant,evenasergeant,letaloneageneral,as
5、ergeantcancommandasoldiertogorightuptoafaceofacannonwhereheisalmostsuretodie,thatthesergeantcando.Thegeneralcancondemnthesoldiertodeathfordesertinghispostorfornotobeyingevenadesperateorder.Butwithalltheirpoweroverlifeanddeath,whattheseofficerscan'tdoistakeapennyofthatsoldier'smoneybecausethathasnoth
6、ingtodowiththerightfulauthority,thatwouldbearbitraryanditwouldbecorrupt."SoconsentwindsupbeingverypowerfulinLocke,notconsentoftheindividualtotheparticulartaxormilitaryorder,butconsenttojointhegovernmentandtobeboundbythemajorityinthefirstplace.That'stheconsentthatmattersanditmatterssopowerfullythatev
7、enthelimitedgovernmentcreatedbythefactthatwehaveanunalienablerighttolife,liberty,andproperty,eventhatlimitedgovernmentisonlylimitedinthesensethatithastogovernbygenerallyapplicablelaws,theruleoflaw,itc
