{"id":1082,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-lockes-views-on-revolution-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-1310\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:46","slug":"comment-on-the-lockes-views-on-revolution-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-1310","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-lockes-views-on-revolution-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-1310\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Locke&#8217;s views on Revolution in 150 words"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> revolution flows from trust theory <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> state holds delegated power, real power stays with people<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Locke<\/b> as defender of the Glorious Revolution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> resistance to tyranny built into the social contract <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> right to revolt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>trust + delegated power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> breach (arbitrary will \/ failure to protect life, liberty, property) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> power returns to people <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> right to revolt <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> meaning narrowed <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unlike <b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b>, not violent overthrow <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peaceful constitutional change of rulers \/ no-confidence analogue <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dissolution of government \u2260 dissolution of society<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>conservative by temperament <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sabine<\/b>: not a revolutionary, extreme cases only <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Plamenatz<\/b>: right confined to educated \/ propertied classes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> limited, defensive safeguard against tyranny, not radical change<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> legitimacy rests on consent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> consent withdrawn on breach <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> revolution as constitutional self-correction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1082","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4676,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1082\/revisions\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}