PAPM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Public Affairs and Policy Management
• Course: PAPM 1000
• Professor: Marc Hanvelt

Document Summary

Two important political theories: john locke basic individual rights, property rights, and the rule of law, jacques rousseau nations of equality; particularly with respect to political sovereignty. The first tradition is that of liberal individualism. In the second portion of the course, we will look more specifically at the notion of liberty. What are the most pressing threats to our freedom? (see: j. s. Asking a good question is often far more difficult than giving a good answer (example: Ask people on the street what makes einstein great most will answer the theory of relativity. Even if he hadn"t found an answer, he would have been a good thinker. ) During this election campaign, try to answer the big questions. We"re not talking about specific policy areas, but it"s relevant to the debates. You can"t prove 100% that a certain text is meant to be read a certain way/what it means, but you can support it with the text itself.