POLI 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ad Hominem, Limited Government
1 Dec 2017
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Locke"s limited government continued: the rule of law and the elections, law = the limits of government control, representative elections give people more control. There is incentive to act with the fundamental purpose (protect people"s rights) If trust is violated, then the sovereignty goes back to the people: have the right to rebel + must have the capacity to do so. Roots of the 2nd amendment in us government: doesn"t mean a return to state of nature. State of war is only between people and government: society is a balancing act of conflicting interests/ideas, there"s roots of coercive violence, both from government and civilians. What are the motives: note: ad hominem = not necessarily invalid. Limited time to give arguments = contest whatever premise: highlights systematic social biases. Explains how the person constructed the point-of-view of the argument. External evaluation of locke: account of property, european context: land has run out. Consensual transactions are the only way to redistribute it.
