Political Science 1020E Lecture 16: PoliSci Lecture 16
16 Dec 2015
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Mutual gains from a free trading agreement. Q: swift argues for the importance of assessing the value of different freedoms as part of his suspicion about: measuring freedoms. All liberals aim to promote individual liberty: but they disagree about the nature of liberty. Competition is healthy within fair and proper bounds: what is fair is up for debate. Individuals should be free from legal barriers, customs, and conditions to live as they choose. Freedom of the press every doctrine should be open to more. Abolition of servile social status all human beings are. Religious toleration no religious dogma can reasonably be held w/ critical scrutiny fundamentally equal certainty. Ends with anti-liberal conclusion: people should obey those in power. Social contract: government formed out of fear from the consent of the people. Constitutional monarchy: one who rules in the interest of all. John locke on toleration and authority: the authority of the leader comes from the people.
