PSCI 1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Classical Liberalism, United States Constitution, European Parliament
30 Aug 2016
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Individuals within groups think about how the world works. What kind of government: hobbes: an all powerful sovereign. If you want a good government you need order. In order to have order you need a limited number of people in charge a. i. a. ii. a. iii. Not everyone has to be on the same page. Ideology: a set of ideas about politics related to one another a. i. Government is limited by: a know and settled law. The law is obvious and well established: a means for executing the law, a way to adjudicate the law. Someone has to decide what the law means in any specific case. Classic liberalism (late 18th and 19th century: freedom from government tyranny, government as an enemy. Modern liberalism (1933: freedom from oppressors in society, government as both enemy and ally. Trade offs: freedom versus security: information security, right of some versus right of others, pluralist republic: people of different kinds operating in the same community.
