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Explain the idea of divine and absolute right monarch refuted by John Locke in his Two Treatises of Government.

Answer 1

The idea of divine and absolute right monarch was refuted by John Locke in his Two Treatises of Government

Explanation:

• The doctrine of divine or absolute right of the king is the doctrine of right and of the king is a moral and constitutional doctrine of constitutional and Royal law. The doctrine states that a monarch has the right to rule directly by God's will. However, the king can not be subject to the will of the people, of the nobility or of the church. Only according to this conviction can God judge an irrational leader. It means any attempt to abolish or curtail the King's forces is contrary to the sacrilegious will of Nature.
• Locke rejects the notion of the divinity of kings, supports the values of natural rights (in particular property) and suggests a limited representative democracy in his main work 'Two Treatises of Government.' Human rights are protected.
• The enlightened & humanist view of all ideal beings was inspired by John Locke. Nobody is created as superior by God. So no one can have an absolute and spiritual right of supremacy over others. In his "Two Government Treaties" instead, he indicated that the govt act, with the common consent, in compliance with the constitution..

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