
handle: 10495/22399
ABSTRACT: The author of this piece shows the key elements of the classic contractualist model of the State legitimacy, proposal by John Locke in his major work Two Essays on Civil Government. This essay pretend to bring out that although Hobbes as well as Locke used the instruments of the social contract in order to justify the origin of the politi-cal power and both of them come from similar categories there is, nevertheless, a big difference between them. Locke defends a model of the Liberal State and Hobbes personifies the justifica-tion of an absolutist State. This difference is emphasized basically because of the role that the doctrine of the resistance plays in Locke’s theory. This one allows to show how is possible to con-ceive a political form whose power is not be irresistible.
RESUMEN: El autor presenta los elementos centrales del modelo contractualista clásico de legitimación del Estado, expuesto por John Locke en los Dos ensayos sobre el gobierno civil. Se busca destacar en este artículo que, aunque Hobbes como Locke, utilizan los instrumentos del contrato social para justificar el origen del poder político y los dos parten de categorías similares, hay, sin embargo, una gran dife-rencia entre estos dos autores. Locke representa la defensa de un modelo de Estado liberal y Hobbes personifica la justificación de un Estado absolutista. Esta diferencia se acentúa básicamente por el papel que juega en el modelo lockeano la doctrina de la resis-tencia. Esta doctrina permite mostrar cómo es posible concebir una forma política cuyo poder no sea irresistible.
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Locke, Hobbes, John, John Locke, 1632-1704, contrato social, 100, absolutismo político, derecho natural, Locke, John, 1632-1704, 1588-1679, Natural law, Social contract, Absolutismo, Thomas, Thomas Hobbes, Liberalismo, Political Absolutism, Derecho natural, Liberalism, Contrato social, Natural Law. Social Contract, Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
Locke, Hobbes, John, John Locke, 1632-1704, contrato social, 100, absolutismo político, derecho natural, Locke, John, 1632-1704, 1588-1679, Natural law, Social contract, Absolutismo, Thomas, Thomas Hobbes, Liberalismo, Political Absolutism, Derecho natural, Liberalism, Contrato social, Natural Law. Social Contract, Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
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