PHIL-P 145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Montesquieu
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Locke assumed that humans beings are naturally free, equal and independent. Meaning they aren"t naturally under the authority of others suggesting that power relations and government are an artificial human creation. 5. According to utilitarian values state is justified only if it produces more happiness than any alternative. Political philosophy (doctrine) founded on the ideas of liberty and equality. Liberty: protecting and enhancing the liberty of the individual is the central. Liberalism and its liberties - types of liberty. Political liberty (determining - collectively - the rules under which we live) One is the author and the subject of the law. Liberty can consist only in the power of doing of what we ought to will". Liberty = power, ability to make the right choice. Mr. a will not make laws (as the author) that may be harmful to him (as the subject) Legal liberty (doing as we please, individually, with the knowledge of the rules)
