POL 4141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Incorporation Of The Bill Of Rights, Negative Liberty, Positive Liberty

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 4141
• Professor: Tyler Attwood

Document Summary

Pol4141 comparative politics in the united states. Lecture #8: civil liberties and the bill of rights. How are they represented and promoted in the. Selective incorporation (application of bill of rights to states) Specific rights privacy, speech, religion, arms, due process. Tensions between individual rights & collective good; between the rights of individuals; and between democracy (self-rule or majority rule) and individual rights. ), death penalty, marijuana, policing, gun control, religion in schools (prayer, evolution) & public spaces (monuments), immigrant rights (school, health care, birth right citizenship), euthanasia and assisted suicide. Most social/moral issues in the us are pursued through a civil liberties/rights framework. The constitution tends to focus on negative liberty and equality of opportunity, not outcome. The government is prevented from doing certain things to restrict your rights (hence, negative liberty) But there is not really a focus on ensuring the ability to pursue certain rights (positive liberty)