PLPT 3020 Week 13 Notes PDF

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PLPT 3020 Week 13 Notes 23/4 I was not in class 25/4  Contemporary Liberalism and Cont. Conservatism o How you defined yourself in survey at beginning of this course  45% liberal  36% Moderate  16% Conservative  This means that most of us align to the traditional split between political ideologies, staying within the frame

o What conservative and liberals today share and what they disagree about  Share a common frame  Split begins after New Deal and FDR claiming the term “liberal” as aligned

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with stronger government intervention  Government was used in ways it was never used before, as they intervened to get the country out of the Depression  Contemporary Liberalism claim they are enhancing freedom by overcoming the force of poverty  Contemporary Conservatism claim that the government is infringing on individual freedoms Milton Friedman  “Capitalism and Freedom” in 1962, when Kennedy was president  Reagan administration sees rebirth of conservatism; book lays out the principles of conservatism  Tries to reclaim “liberalism” as supporting “freedom as the ultimate goal and laissez faire”  “Every act of government intervention limits individual freedoms” Different senses of freedom:  Formal freedom  The absence of intentional restrictions on doing what you want to do  Restriction of freedom means that there must be legal and physical barrier to your actions  Effective freedom  The effective capacity to do what you want to do  Ex: a handicap person is legally allowed to go into a building with stairs, but they cannot enter due to their limited capacity  Freedom is effected by all sorts of background conditions that can either enhance or deplete your effective freedom  Your ability to be effectively free is impacted heavily by background conditions o Physical/ mental disability o Health o Capital...