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Originally Posted by Kiowa Warrior
A philosophy that Locke seemed to be following when he did all he did to protect and save the Island, rather than specifically expressing his desire to save individual people. Just because Locke didn't say to Jacob 'how can I save so and so?' and instead asked how he could save the Island, didn't mean he couldn't care less about the people on it. Just that he could have thought that he was acting in the best of intentions and with the best desired outcomes by putting the 'Island' first if you will.
And I do like the theory that Locke is The Economist. Well only when he's off the Island that is, otherwise he's just plain old Leader of the Others.
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Yes, brilliant surmisation.
I've heard people critise Locke for putting the island over it's inhabitants and for expressly stating that he wanted to save the
island...yet as your point and the Bentham analogy indicate, saving the island represented saving the people on it aswell.
It's like saying you want to save the world, rather than saying you want to save Tim Bob from Leeds and Gemma Scott from New York. It encompasses the moral worth in relation to the crux of the matter.