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10222 BR Scottish Rite Louisiana Scottish Rite Trestleboard April-May ORIENT OF LOUISIANA Volume 9 Issue 2 Scottish Rite OBLIGATED-COMMITTED said Rousseau, with inevitable comparisons, creating envy, pride, Enlightenment Lite and contempt. So, while Locke viewed the protection of private V-Locke, Rousseau, Beccaria property as the sole justification for the existence of The Social byLawrence C. Wade, MD-32° Contract, Rousseau saw that same private property as the root of Valley of Baton Rouge envy, contempt, and conflict and thus a regrettable cause of Among others, John Locke (1632-1704) — the most influen- humanity’s fall from the blissful State of Nature. Governments, tial philosopher of his time — did not agree with Thomas Hobbes. he argued, evolved for the purpose of protecting “the haves” from Locke argued for the right of citizens to revolt against their king. the “the have-nots”. Locke’s ideas were widely influential, contributing to many demo- He did, later, have a change of heart (probably when his suc- cratic revolutions, including The American Revolution. Contrary cess converted him from “have-not” status to “have” status). In a to Hobbes, Locke argued that “The State of Nature” is an ideal second publication on “The Social Contract”, he reasoned that, state of complete individual freedom, in which “The Law of Na- having been created to protect the property rights of “the haves”, ture” is understood by all and prevents each from harming others governments could, once created, facilitate the freedoms of “the with respect to, “…life, health, liberty or possessions.” War is have-nots”. That is, governments could serve a very useful pur- possible, but only due to property disputes. Thus, the principal pose in protecting those with less wealth and power from exploi- reason for humankind to forsake The State of Nature and adopt tation at the hands of those with more wealth and power – not just The Social Contract is that of establishing a civil authority whose protecting the strong from the weak, but protecting the weak from purpose is to enforce property rights. By acquiescing to The the strong, as well. Social Contract, each individual, in Locke’s view, gains three Rousseau advocated very small political states (decentrali- things that are lacking in The State of Nature — 1) laws; 2) judges zation), such that universal participation — which he regarded to adjudicate these laws; and 3) executive bodies empowered to as absolutely essential — would be possible. He recognized enforce the laws. that in huge, centralized governmental bodies, voter turnout Locke explicitly advocated that if and when the king exceeds would be low. (So, we established this country as a 200-year his proper role and devolves into despotism, he has at that point experiment, to prove that the French are not always wrong.) reverted to The State of Nature, in which state — by failing to The Italian attorney, Cesare Bonesana Beccaria (1738-1794), respect their property rights – he is, further, at war with his people. applied Social Contract Theory to the issue of Criminal Justice It is then the right, nay, duty of his subjects to overthrow him and and is said to have, “…created the modern social science of Crimi- begin the process of instituting a new Social Contract, replacing nology.” He denounced, “…torture, secret trial, corrupt judges, the old governing body with a better one. (Do we have a volun- and degrading punishments.” In Sweden, in Austria, and in Rus- teer to hand the King his pink slip?) sia, systems of criminal justice were promptly reformed to comply For Locke and for Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), The with the principles expounded by Beccaria. The Eighth Amend- Social Contract involved the voluntary but limited surrender ment to the U. S. Constitution — prohibiting “cruel and unusual of some rights, freedoms, and privileges in exchange for secu- punishment” — is derived directly from Beccaria’s thoughts. By rity and — in the case of Locke — for society’s protection of way of Jeremy Bentham, Beccaria’s book was very influential in private property rights. (Interestingly, a man’s body was rec- England, too. It can be truthfully stated that the fundamental sys- ognized as his property, and it thus enjoyed the same protec- tem of jurisprudence of all modern civilized societies originated tion as, for example, his wheelbarrow.) with the ideas of Beccaria. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a central public figure and “one of But we have now gotten well ahead of ourselves. the bright lights” of intellectual activity, during what has been We began our discussion of The Social Contract with the men- called, “…the headiest period in the intellectual history of mod- tion of Thomas Hobbes, who published Leviathan in 1651. We ern France — The Enlightenment.” In Rousseau’s view, the pur- then “leap-frogged” to John Locke, to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and pose of politics — of the civic organization created by The Social finally to Cesare Bonecana Beccaria, which puts us about a cen- Contract — is, “…to restore freedom.” He, in common with Locke, tury off course. We must return next time to 1666, to pick up the held that The State of Nature was a peaceful and idyllic state, in thread of The Enlightenment with the one man most responsible which people led solitary and uncomplicated lives, their needs for finally and forever toppling the old intellectual order, embod- easily met by Nature, herself. Competition was non-existent. ied in “Aristotelian Scholasticism”. This was not Sir Francis Ba- People had no inclination to harm one another. (Makes you won- con, author of “The New Organon”, but Sir Isaac Newton, author der about Hobbes, doesn’t it?) of…well, lets talk about that later. Population increases led to communal experiences, though, Fraternally, Larry Wade, 32° 1 Scottish Rite OBLIGATED-COMMITTED Orient Jewels Louisiana Scottish Rite Trestleboard Endowed Memberships With much thanks to Ill. William J. 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