Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Brian Barry, Ascribed Status, Toleration
20 Jan 2017
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Constitutional (a third dimension in canada): reformist and status quo. But liberals disagree about the nature of liberty. Brian barry 3 characteristics of the liberal state: Abolition of servile social status (everyone should have the same status, and instead focus on equality) No religious dogma can reasonably be held with certainty (dogma = a set of principles) Every doctrine should be open to critical scrutiny (freedom of expression and speech) (doctrine = set of beliefs) Fundamental equality of all human beings: inequality is an artifact. Religious conformity (church and state are conjoined) (conformity = compliance to set of laws) Feudalism (economic and social order of medieval europe, dealing with hierarchy at birth) (serf, a slave, cannot leave the land, in exchange the lord protects the serf) Ascribed status (means your social status is given to you at birth) Political absolutism (kings wanted more political power and attempted to take all power for themselves; absolute power)
