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THE AUTHORS STUDY DOMINANT STRATEGY MECHANISMS WHERE THE PLANNER KNOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF TYPES AND THE AGENTS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR TYPES TO THE PLANNER. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE PLANNER HAS ACCESS TO A TECHNOLOGY OF INSPECTION THAT IS COSTLY BUT PERFECT AND THAT HE CAN PENALIZE AN AGENT WHO IS INSPECTED AFTER ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IF HE IS FOUND TO HAVE LIED ABOUT HIS TYPE. IT IS SHOWN THAT, IN GENERAL, THE WELFARE-MAXIMIZING MECHANISM THAT RESPECTS MINIMAL EQUITY WILL INDUCE SOME AGENTS TO LIE ABOUT THEIR TYPES.

THIS ESSAY ADDRESSES JOHN LOCKE'S THOUGHTS ON THE CONDUCT OF EVERYDAY POLITICAL LIFE. IT SEEKS TO IDENTIFY THE GROUP OF PERSONS LOCKE PRESUMED WOULD GOVERN IN A WELL-ORDERED NATION AND TO EXAMINE THE QUALITITES REQUIRED OF THESE GOVERNORS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PERFORM THEIR CALLING, AND TO ILLUMINATE LOCKE'S PERSONAL EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THESE QUALITIES IN THE GOVERNOR'S OF THE NEXT GENERATION. IT EXAMINES THE CONCEPT OF TRUST AND ARGUES THAT LOCKE'S EDUCATIONAL WRITINGS OUGHT TO BE VIEWED AS ATTEMPTS TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF THE QUALITIES NECESSARY FOR GOOD GOVERNORS. THE MEANING THAT LOCKE ASCRIBES TO BOTH PRUDENCE AND VIRTUE IS PRESENTED AS WELL AS THE CONCLUSION THAT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THESE QUALITIES ARE INSTUMENTAL TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF LOCKE'S CONCEPTION OF THE CONDUCT OF EVERYDAY LIFE.