HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Freedom Of Religion, Free Trade, Pragmatism
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Trace back to john locke treatise on govt (essential text of liberalism) All citizens are covered by same law regardless of social class - collective community decides on it. Enlightenment - equality of citizens, fr rev. Identifies categories of liberalism - achieve concrete results: hobbyhorse: liberalism is based on a series of assumptions - civil liberty. No civil liberty in place where law is arbitrary (king does what he want) or chaos/anarchy. People need to be protected by rules - rules result in liberty. To be free - accept restraint: there has to be taxation those who are taxed have to agree on alientation of public propery. Reps of community must ensure taxation is legitimate by legitimate ruler for legitimate cause: personal liberty freedom of thought - hold opinions no matter how radical and express them through speech and writing.
