Leo Strauss’s Intentional Distortions of Locke in Natural Right and History

• In Event: Political Theory: Method and Practice

Brief Overview

Strauss presents Locke in a negative light: his supposedly lax moral teaching, amoral political teaching, impious religious teaching, and defective theory of nature. Strauss knows these claims are exaggerations. The paper will explain.

Author

• Tom West, Hillsdale College