POL 2108 Lecture Notes - Liberal Democracy, Filler Text, Political Philosophy

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The previous take-home notes: avg is b, next take-home question given next week, advice: always reference, back up arguments. Pol 2108 a - modern political thought i - guy c t - 17 mar. Locke: his basis of his political philosophy = money changes everything. The capability to exchange perishable goods for things that didn"t perish (money) changed everything: the commons was slowly disappearing (commons = the goods that everyone shared, ex: apples) Now people obtain more apples than necessary for their individual survival, to sell to others, making apples rarer. A result of the invention of solid coins (money: now money is more important than ever, to obtain as much property as possible. More money = more property = more power: the inequalities of power/economy promotes violence, which then promotes a government to help protect private property, this is the reason why people come together in a society.

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