POLS2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: System On A Chip, Individualism
Lecture 3 - Liberalism and Indigenous Political Thought
What is liberalism?
talked about as an ideal/moral philosophy
Lib philosophies
Individualism
Exclusively owns themselves + can own others/other things
private property
rationalism
freedom
markets
free markets are the best way to organise much of soc
equality
Progress
Lib political institutions
limited govt
representative democracy + social contract
state of nature speaks about indigenous peoples
secular govt system
universalism
rule of law
Liberalism and colonialism
tension between theory + values
main principles go against colonialism
Authoritarian liberalism + capacity
Liberal virtues held up as a goal for incapable people
groups moved in and out of the circle, but no one questions the legitimacy of the
circle
incapable people blamed for their own treatment - they are lacking
Capable + rational people:
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Document Summary
What is liberalism? talked about as an ideal/moral philosophy. Exclusively owns themselves + can own others/other things private property rationalism freedom markets free markets are the best way to organise much of soc equality. Lib political institutions limited govt representative democracy + social contract (cid:1684)state of nature(cid:1685) speaks about indigenous peoples secular govt system universalism rule of law. Liberalism and colonialism tension between theory + values main principles go against colonialism. Liberal virtues held up as a goal for (cid:1684)incapable(cid:1685) people groups moved in and out of the (cid:1684)circle(cid:1685), but no one questions the legitimacy of the circle incapable people blamed for their own treatment - they are (cid:1684)lacking(cid:1685) Capable + rational people: freedom rights - voting, etc. Property incapable people: e. g. children, non-white people, women, mentally ill, uneducated not afforded these rights. Indigenous critics of liberalism (cid:1688)politics matters: the imposition of western governance structures and the denial of indigenous ones continue to have profoundly harmful effects on indigenous people.
