POL S 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Amitai Etzioni, Communitarianism, Rand Paul
20 Oct 2016
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Core con ict in america and every human society. Relates to de tocqueville, john locke, and breyer (active v ancient liberty) Ontological issue notion of reality, the idea that it"s given that human beings are social creatures. Etzioni says that it is already a given. Normative issue established rules of behavior, stated responsibility. Suggestion that the kinds of virtues that are brought to the table are more of a normative. How community values and people"s nature interact individualism v communitarianism. There is little question about the necessity of individuality and communitarianism, the question instead is where is the balance between the two, wheat does the ratio have to be in a system (156) Critique of extreme libertarianism: absolute individualistic society with little to no government, leads down the pathway to anarchy (nihilists) Rand paul modi ed libertarianism that calls for the smallest form of government.
