PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Munk Debates, Genocide Denial, Positive Liberty
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This may result in the adoption of a new law. Security: freedom from danger or injury, hobbes comments on the state of nature: (war of against all) Liberty: negative vs. positive liberty (isaiah berlin, harm principle (john stewart mill) Rights: civil, political, social, economic, cultural rights, munk debate. Be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defense of our freedom. No: phone calls can be recorded even if you"re not guilty of nothing. John-jacques rousseau argues for positive freedom, or the duty of the state to provide a decent standard of living. Isaish berlin (1909-97: distinction between (cid:498)positive(cid:499) and (cid:498)negative(cid:499) freedom dates back to ancient, negative liberty or (cid:498)freedom from(cid:499, what"s the area within which subject is or should be left to do or be, positive liberty or (cid:498)freedom to(cid:499) John stuart mill in on liberty, argues that greater freedom leads to greater happiness: maximum possible freedom for the expression if ideas (even fake ones)
