Розвиток ідеалів рівності та апологетика расового рабства в працях Дж. Локка і Т. Гоббса

Abstract

The author of the present article, using the historical and conceptological approach, examines the impact of John Locke’s and Thomas Hobbes’s philosophical and political ideas on the development of the concept of «equality» as the basis of the modern international legal category of non-discrimination. Emphasizing the outstanding role of the great Enlightenment philosophers in the development of the ideals of equality, the author draws attention to the manifestations of racial prejudice and racial slavery apologetics contained in their writings.