PO333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Foundations, United Nations Charter, Jeremy Bentham
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Westphalian principles: principle of state sovereignty, principle of equality between states, principle of non-intervenion. Only the state can have absolute power. The individual has only those rights the state gives him/her. Humans act to further their self-interest above everything else. State must serve individual: duty of state to protect and help its people realize their full potenial to do good. Humans are equal and naturally good: argued that human nature is naturally good, and characterized by reason/tolerance. Embraced the idea that government should work for the people. Introduced the modern poliical system of parliamentary democracy for the people. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness declaraion of independence 1778. Declaraion of rights of man and the ciizen 1789 (france)
