Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Free Trade, Distributive Justice, Jeremy Bentham

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Smith on distributive justice: of course he opposes trade barriers, but he support taxation to benefit the poor, markets when they are freed up they benefit the poor, and the state with taxation is smart. Individuals can control what they want to do and see stuff for themselves. Free trade and free market guy: expanding voting rights. Movement towards more people getting a vote. John stuart mill: threat of public opinion. Concerned about the threat of public opinion. Individuals should think for themselves: tyranny of the majority, from laissez-faire to socialism. Goes from free trade economist to a liberal socialist. Earth belongs to all of us equally and he wants to make this practical. Herbert spencer (1820-1903: key figure in sociology, state should protect people from force and fraud, other than that it should stay away. Spencer"s worldview: social evolution, societies evolve, absolute property rights, state should protect property.