自然权利在近代欧洲政治自由主义形成中的作用

Natural Rights and the Rise of Political Liberalism in Neoteric Europe

作为近代欧洲政治哲学转向标志的政治自由主义最早产生于英国,对于"自然权利"问题的关注成为其产生和发展的理论起点。霍布斯和洛克的政治理论正是以自然权利为依据从人的角度来界说国家和政府的产生及其合法性,这可以说是近代政治哲学发展中从理论上或观念上摆脱神学-政治的最初努力。

Political liberalism marking the turn of political philosophy in neoteric Europe first emerged in Great Britain. Concerns with ＂natural rights＂ constitute a theoretical starting point. With reference to natural rights, Hobbes and Locke both define the rise of nationhood and government as well as their legitimacy from a humanist point of view, which indeed marks initial attempts for neoteric political philosophy to break with theological polities in a theoretical and conceptual sense.