POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Liberalism, French Revolution, Radical Change
9 Feb 2017
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Wrote about human nature and the state. Humans are good and trustworthy and passionate and empathetic and optimistic (generally) Not all people are as good as everyone else. Some people will try and take advantage of the good will of good people. Sometimes honest people can come into an honest disagreement. One way to resolve this: brute force (not a good way for truth to run) Truth and justice by coming together as a community, delegating power (arbiter) Classi(cid:272) li(cid:271)erals (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed the state to do (cid:373)u(cid:272)h. Believe the state should serve in the best interests of the people, it should represent the people (election) Believed the majority of the people could never be wrong, if the govt. carries out the will of the people, it is never wrong. This is not always the case (tyranny of the majority) Product of thinkers during french revolution late 18th century. Broke with liberals because of the revolution.
