POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Liberal Democracy
24 Sep 2018
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Main argument: we have certain natural rights, and if government doesn"t recognize them, we have the right to kick him out of government: locke argues a lot of things that people tend to accept. Liberalism: rights, everyone has individual rights, rule of law, government of laws and not men, division of powers, to ensure government is bound by law, so divide up the power of the state, legislative, executive, representation government. Last few chapters: where the principles of liberalism run into each other. This is written in anticipation of a revolution, but only published when the revolution was successful: this in a way is profoundly conservative document, protecting the new status quo in england. 2 different ways in which if you ask the question on what is government based: 1. Based on the need to ensure and guarantee basic rights: 2. When principle of consent was first brought in (ch.
