CAS IR 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mary Wollstonecraft, Olympe De Gouges
11 Aug 2018
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He"s ok with rebellion, his ideas helped spark the american. Revolution: much more focused on economics, thinks of everyone being basically equal, he doesn"t think of anyone as bad, less cynical view of human nature, less fear that we will all kill each other, reason for government: Need a government to enforce laws: he has a greater fear of government tyranny. He argues that we don"t give up all of our liberties but only what is absolutely necessary: to enjoy our freedoms, government needs to be constrained. Division of powers raised as important institutional necessity: government is there to be responsible to the people to make our lives better. Massachusetts body of liberties: brief history: brits who came over in order to set up a colony to make money. Liberal political documents: habeas corpus produce the body. Lays out what the monarchy can do (opposite of us bill of.
