Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Evolution, Social Darwinism, Free Trade
9 Nov 2016
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Who gets the goods and why: moral equality. And everyone should be treated as an equal (does not mean treat everyone equally. Hierarchy for culture norms is fine: equal citizenship. Same rights and duties: equal opportunity. John locke is the main defender of toleration. Not the state"s job to save our soul. State"s job is to protect our rights and liberties. Does not apply to atheists and capitalists: pluralism allow individuals to pursue their own conception of the good life. Range of perfectly acceptable ways of living your life. Good humans live: toleration and autonomy two types of liberalism. Toleration liberal says that toleration is key liberal value. Autonomous liberal says that individual autonomy is the key liberal value. The liberal state: the state and the rule of law. A liberal state is ruled by law not by men. No one is above the law: the social contract argument for the state, john locke on political authority and the state.
