GEOG 170A1 Lecture Notes - Edom, William Lloyd Garrison, Entryism
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Debate over the structure and power of the government raging, our early thinking driven by procedural rights. Procedural rights are those that concern the mechanics of democracy; elections, freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. Substantive rights concern the quality of life of citizens: education, healthcare, and eldercare. U. s. leads the way with this substantive right. Policy-spending imperatives (and these are often fiercely debated). The first american , only president of the united states who has never been. Community commitment: created the first lending library (public) Franklin"s religiosity & religious tolerance; puritan roots, but a deist; core beliefs: There is a god that made all things. Most acceptable service to god is doing good to man. Franklin & the french minister to france 1778-85. The philosophy of the school room in one generation///will be the philosophy of government in the next. (abraham lincoln) Religion is always tied in with the american dream.