GEOG 170A1 Lecture Notes - Edom, William Lloyd Garrison, Entryism
16 Sep 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Debate over the structure and power of the government raging, our early thinking driven by procedural rights. Procedural rights are those that concern the mechanics of democracy; elections, freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. Substantive rights concern the quality of life of citizens: education, healthcare, and eldercare. U. s. leads the way with this substantive right. Policy-spending imperatives (and these are often fiercely debated). The first american , only president of the united states who has never been. Community commitment: created the first lending library (public) Franklin"s religiosity & religious tolerance; puritan roots, but a deist; core beliefs: There is a god that made all things. Most acceptable service to god is doing good to man. Franklin & the french minister to france 1778-85. The philosophy of the school room in one generation///will be the philosophy of government in the next. (abraham lincoln) Religion is always tied in with the american dream.
