SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Classical Liberalism, State Ownership, Main Source

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Colline Terry

Document Summary

Ideology and history: ways of seeing, defining ideology, the left/right ideological spectrum, the liberal debate, conservative revival, strands of socialism. Increasing complexity: mythistory, columbus and the war against the indians (mcneil, zinn and rasky) The left/ right ideological spectrum applies in western liberal times. Left- its okay for government to regulate the economy; progressive taxes: public ownership is a good thing. Middle b/w right and left: they gravitate between two positions. Discovery of the new world, revolution and transportation. England 1649; charles the first, rules by the divine right of kings- beheaded. Leviathe, book written in 1651: 3 great revolutions. 1688 england; the glorious revolution, parliament finally crushes monarchy) Personal freedom: about absence of coercion. Limited government: govenemnt should be restricted to three trules, provison of defense from external enemies (army, upholding of law in society (police force, mechanism which contracts consenting inviduals from courts(courts, government should be the night watchman state.