Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: John Maynard Keynes, John Stuart Mill, Positive Liberty
20 Jan 2017
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Adam smith argues that capitalism: benefits the worst-off. Individuality (john stuart mill) -> in a liberal society, humans are free to choose what they want. Positive freedom -> ability to do something worth doing. Social liberalism: concerned with social policies for us to be equally free. Economic management: in order to achieve liberal values, the state needs to manage the economy. Gou it is not merely a necessary evil. The state can advance individual liberty by promoting equal opportunities for all. Two concepts of freedom: negative a positive freedom. Negative freedom: absence of restraint, i"m negatively free b/c there is no restraint. Positive freedom: actual ability to do something worth doing (this is green"s view, he thinks negative freedom isn"t sufficient) Main obstacles to freedom: poverty, ignorance, prejudice , sickness. Government can promote freedom through poor relief (welfare) , public schools, hospitals, a regulation of working conditions. State legislation and regulation can overcome these obstacles.
