Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Robert Nozick, Economic Liberalism, Neoliberalism
26 Feb 2016
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A view about what makes people"s lives worth living. But liberalism only wants to defend individuals" freedom to form, revise, and pursue a conception of the good life. Sometimes community" is used as code for morality": people should care for each other, so we should reject egoistic liberal individualism. But liberalism is a moral doctrine: it says the freedom of each person matters equally. Liberal morality aims to ensure that individuals are free to decide for themselves how to live, as long as they treat others with equal respect. Any liberal state should protect and promote the freedom of individual citizens. One way to be a liberal is to be a libertarian like robert nozick: minimal state, no redistributive taxation. But another liberal view is john rawls"s: to be autonomous, citizens need their fair share of goods, so redistribution is required. Do they overemphasize rights, thereby neglecting duties and responsibilities. Conceptual point: every right has a correlative duty.
