POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tax Freedom Day, Negative Liberty
10 Jan 2017
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Three of the fundamental normative concepts that structure political life and political con ict: liberty, equality, democracy: normative vs. empirical. Three general (normative) questions: policy, procedure, dissent, example: liberty and taxes. Fraser foundation on tax freedom day, and trump tax cut; do tax reductions make us freer: absence of collective interference: a) But freedom can"t be simply collective non-interference either (see above: alternative: perhaps core meaning of freedom = not being vulnerable to being bossed around by other people not being dominated. But surely that can"t be freedom, to avoid taking responsibility for oneself, to be able to count on everyone else taking care of me: and now it seems that we"re talking about equality not just liberty. Learning objectives: de ne, distinguish, relate / connect, apply, analyze, assess: evaluation, success, classroom. Tutorial: of ce hours, berlin, see reading question about berlin"s p. 7 and p. 15 distinction between positive and negative liberty; zone of non-interference vs. source of control.
