POLS 3410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Marble Cake, Gender Pay Gap, Originalism
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Ideas-- there are seven essential ideas: liberty, democracy (self-rule), individualism, limited government, the american dream, quality and faith in god. Institutions-- the orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s, (cid:374)or(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d rules that stru(cid:272)ture go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) . Congress, the sc, homeland security: different institution have different rules, some give advantages to people over others, help to organize behaviour, Society"s responsibility here is to make sure that others (government officials) do not interfere with individuals pursuing their own goals. Firmly limits the interference of governments from what you say, what you publish and how you pray: the right to act as you want, positive liberty: the ability--and provision of basic necessities to pursue one"s goals. Speech and worship are traditional negative liberties: want is a positive liberty, libertarians, people who believe in minimal government-- specifically that public officials only role should be defending borders, prosecuting crime and protecting private property.