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What did Harrington write?
Common wealth and Oceana
Harrington’s beliefs
Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy almost always turn into something not good.
Who wrote freedom ways?
Fischer
Puritans
John Winthrop was their leader & wrote the
Civil liberty
Free to do what is right
Virginians
John Smith and John Rolfe
Hegemonic liberty: hierachy. Free to govern yourself and those below you
Quakers
William Pen
Reciprocal liberty: the golden rule
Backcountry
Patrick Henry
Lack of any authority
natural liberty: I can do whatever I want!
Hobbes
Believed men were naturally bad and needed a strong monarch to control.
Men are selfish
freedom=chaos
Rousou
Believed people were naturally good before they were corrupted by society .
noble savage
Locke
Wrote 2nd treatise of government
2nd treatise of government
state of nature: life, liberty, & property
social contract to make government
governments job is only to protect the rights
parliament has to be legit
right to revolt
Adam Smith
Philospher that introduced the people to economics
People act out of self-interest
Kimball & Pope reading
Equality
prosperity
community
liberty
Sandel
How do we obtain justice?
welfare
freedom
virtue
The hurricane example in Florida
What does TULIP stand for?
Total Depravity
Unconditioned Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the saint
Roles of money in economy
Medium of exchange: Trade w/lots of different people to expand the market
Store of value: holds value for indefinite amount of time
common measure of value: how much you value these goods in the context of money
Mercantilism/command economy
Government has complete control over trade.
Kings treasure. Only export things no import
Law of demand
As price goes up, demand goes down
Law of supply
Price goes up, supply goes up
opportunity cost
The next best thing
Generality
the laws apply to everyone as they are written
Publicity
Make it known (i.e. speed limit)
Prospectivity
You can’t go back in time and change the current law
Consent
The majority of people should support it (election)
Due process
The laws that are enforced. Protecting the process of things
The predicament cycle
Tyranny→ Revolution→ Anarchy→ Competing Factions
Prisoner’s dilemma
Small scale of people
How do you solve the prisoners dilemma?
Repetition
Reputation
reciprocity
commitment
concern
How do you solve the social dilemma?
Political entrepeuners
selective incentives
shared beliefs/ideologies
classical republicanism
Some people are good, others are corrupt
Ordered liberty
collective/public: all about the community
Liberties: people can do things based on their status
soul: freedom to serve God
Freedom from tyranny: wanted legitamacy
Anacylosis
Polybius’ description of failing governments
Plato’s views
Wisdom, temperance, and courage all lead to justice
Greek liberty
Aristotle believed that the essential purpose of human nature is living in communities. Freedom=communal
Roman Constitution
The Res Publica: informal institution of checks and balances
Cincinatus
Maintained his authority to bring Rome through the emergency and then resigned.
Pelaguis
Believed men were generally good and that God gave commandments that were possible for men to fufill
St. Augustine
Believed humans are fundamentally evil and unable to choose good from evil without God’s intervention
Institutional Paternalism
Humans are like little children and always need correction from God’s church
Medieval Institutions
God→ King/warriors (physical protection) →people→church/clergy (spiritual protection)
Medieval government
God is soveriegn but kings are assigned by God by divine right
Medieval liberty
Got liberty only with approval from the king which were only granted to communities
John Calvin
Came up with TULIP
Covenant community: God has predestined to save His elect
Social contract
Agreement to collectively surrender some liberty to a central authority in return for security
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