Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ascribed Status, Toleration, Religious Pluralism
6 Nov 2018
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Week 9: lecture 16: liberalism 1 (tuesday, november 06, 2018) What is common for liberalism: aim to promote individual liberty, value liberty something of moral value; what people should want, but disagree about the nature of liberty content of liberty in an empirical sense is up for debate. Challenging the medieval order: questioning religious conformity power of the catholic church was challenged, rejecting ascribed status: idea that you can achieve something because you worked for it, favour: 1. Equal opportunity: overthrowing of the absolute monarchy absolute power is overthrown. England 1688 (out james ii & catholicism: constitutional monarchy, freedom of worship for dissenters, religious toleration. America 1776: no taxation without representation, all men are created equal, legitimate government protects our natural rights. France 1789: the rights of man and the citizen; right of belonging to the state, equal opportunity: achieve what you wish, constitutional government; give ourselves rules within a frame rule/ limitations, religious toleration.
