Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Joseph De Maistre, Human Nature, Peaceful Coexistence
19 Dec 2017
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Emphasis on civil and political rights (freedom of speech, press, opinion, the right to run for office and vote, the security of the person, etc. ) Protections for basic liberties of conscience, speech, association, occupation, and sexuality. State is neutral between conceptions of the good. The liberal view says that we should allow people to be free to pursue these separate and different things, and this will create a ra(cid:374)ge of (cid:448)ie(cid:449)s or (cid:858)pluralis(cid:373)(cid:859). ) State coercion and paternalism are counter-productive (forcing people for their own good when you do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e to is (cid:374)ot goi(cid:374)g to (cid:373)ake the(cid:373) (cid:271)etter off, if their free they(cid:859)ll (cid:271)e happiest) Showing respect for autonomy and our capacity to make our own choices. Peaceful coexistence (toleration) versus respect for autonomy (reformation liberalism, enlightenment liberalism) Skepticism about political knowledge (what we know derives from what we have inherited, rather than the attempt to invest in a modern political science research type of way)
