ABSTRACT
Many people today identify Locke’s political legacy solely with right-leaning libertarianism. But the truth is more complicated. This chapter explores two strands of thought within Locke’s 18th- and 19th-century reception. The 18th-century liberal republican strand radicalized Locke’s conceptions of consent, constitutionalism, and the role of the state, while the 19th-century natural property rights strand – itself composed of a libertarian camp and an egalitarian camp – developed his conception of individual property rights to address the moral problems raised by industrial capitalism.
