POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Classical Liberalism, Neoconservatism, Industrial Revolution
15 Mar 2018
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Neo-conservatism (new: core value is freedom, the word liberalism comes from liber which means to be free. Liberalism (appeared in the 1600s) private property, free market (cid:884) kinds : the idea that gov"t should be limited (cid:523)the gov"t should have limits to what they can. )f the gov"t is too strong, they can threaten your freedom. Freedom: extends to all aspects of life (personal, political, economic) do) Private property: believe human beings have a natural right to own property. John lock gave an example: there is a log in the forest. Anyone can come by and pick that log up. When it is in the forest in theory it does not belong to anyone. Once someone does pick it up and takes it home and makes a chair out of it. People already had a sense of private property. (cid:498)that"s my cave, my family has been living there for (cid:884)0 years(cid:499): supply and demand.
