Locke and Penal Labor
Description:
Interest and concern about penitential labor practices has been growing among scholars recently. The relationship of these practices to the principles of American liberalism, and in particular its Lockean roots, have not been thoroughly studied. The present investigation traces contemporary practices to features of Lockean liberalism, and offers suggestions for how to respond to widely acknowledged deficiencies while remaining within the broadly accepted principles laid out by Locke. The adv…
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Date:
May 2021
Creator:
McGuffee, Alaina Grace
Partner:
UNT Libraries