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18 Cards in this Set
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Ancient world was made up of... |
...small, competing city-states (e.g. Ancient Greece, Rome) |
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Ancient world believed... |
...that slavery freed the citizen from the production of wealth and chores |
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Ancient world citizens had more time for... |
...participation in the political community, making their voices heard |
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The individual was expected to... |
...continue to make sacrifices for the collective will. |
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Political liberty = |
participation in sovereignty (an 'ancient' liberty) |
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Modern world is made up of... |
...larger states which are brought together by commerce |
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Business... |
...creates the basis for political relations |
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No longer slave-owning, so... |
...all citizens participate in the production of wealth |
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Vast majority of the population do not have... |
...much free time, so they need a representative, collective government |
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Sometimes people neglect... |
...politics/the public sphere in favour of the private sphere. |
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Individual liberty = |
the right to act without intrusion (a 'modern' liberty) |
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Positive liberty |
freedom to act and control your own destiny |
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Positive liberty |
e.g. democratic elections |
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Negative liberty |
freedom from constraint |
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Negative liberty |
i.e. nobody is stopping you from doing what you want to. |
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Positive liberty |
should the state serve it by constraining it? (compulsory education) |
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Negative liberty |
concerns the rules which have 'entered into the very conception of what it is to be a normal human being' |
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Constant |
recognised that France had to strike a balance between the two |