Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 82: Joseph Schumpeter
17 Dec 2017
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The principle of fairness: objects the burden-sharing, cant justify limits to individual freedom, condemns free-riding, recommends that rihanna should stop pestering dr. jones. Universal rights to vote & stand for office. Should not be coerced into voting one way. Expose on housing market in bc and toronto. Independent fostering led to response from government. Intrinsic (in itself, appeals to autonomy, equality) Auto = self, nomos = law or rule. Democracy embodies a commitment to freedom or self-rule. Organize in democratic way (vote/person), then we are ruling yourself. Freedom is not the capacity to do what we want. Instead, freedom is obedience to laws we give ourselves. Only free when obey a law we give to ourselves. Rousseau said mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescribe to ourselves is liberty . Coercion: we are forced to comply with the law. Freedom: in a democracy, laws are self-imposed.
