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The Reasonableness of Locke, or the Questionableness of Christianity
Ist Teil von
The Journal of politics, 1991-11, Vol.53 (4), p.933-957
Ort / Verlag
New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
1991
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Locke's apparent affirmation of the truth of Christianity in The Reasonableness of Christianity conceals a demonstration of reason's inability to vindicate this truth. Locke shows that one should strive to adhere to the Christian law of nature which he argues is the bedrock of Christianity only if sanctions for this law exist in an afterlife; reason, however, cannot prove the existence of an afterlife. Therefore, reason justifies obedience only to a law of nature the sanctions for which exist in this life, such as the law Locke elaborates in other writings. In the Reasonableness Locke refashions Christianity into a support for this rational morality, and he vindicates the practice of morality out of a concern for rewards and punishments by presenting Jesus as practicing a mercenary morality.