LWSO 201 Lecture Notes - The Communist Manifesto, Productive Forces, Class Conflict
12 Mar 2013
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Equal treatment of all citizens before and under the law: no individual is higher or lower in the law. Procedural formalities c) d) e: to protect the individual. If the individual takes care of themselves, the whole community will prosper. Idea is premised on the idea we are all equal but we aren"t equally rational or autonomous. We aren"t equal in our capacities, and in who holds the power: legal liberalism and ties to capitalism, free to buy/sell whatever we want a) b) c) Nature of human beings: the individualized self rational, free thinking, autonomous, prior to and independent of the community and other selves. Liberty the state/law should provide citizens with as much space as possible to pursue their interests (lower taxes, fewer laws) Equality each person has the equal right to pursue their own interests to the best of their ability, without being held back by gender/race/etc.
