classical liberalism

social contract theory

locke:

indiv consent through a soc contract to be governed by the state

foundational equality

locke:

indiv born w natural rghts icn freedom from unnec inf from the state

wollenstonecraft and mill: impr this extended to women and indiv of diff rel

negative freedom

locke an mill

• highest form of freedom

• libety is freedom from interventionalist gov and laws

• limited state: order, poperty rights, mainting rue of law

laissez faire econ

• stae limited role in econ

• wealth creation enhanced if state doesnt intervene with the markets for goods, services and

rugged individualsim

• ppl succeed or fail due to own efforts

• if state prov welfare it limits development if indiv

representative democracy

Mill

• opp pop demo → tyranny of maj

• repres: limited electorate w limited edu would not make policy decisios but elected well edu repres

john locke

social contract

limited gov

• government by consent: state is the creation of human kind

• pre-state: lived in a state of nature → subj to natural laws and claim natural rights

• state resut of social contract → gov subj to consent of ppl, ppl subject to laws

• limtied state: sep of powers

• tolerance of pol and rel views

locke quote

‘government has no end, but the preservation of property’

Wollstonecraft: reason and formal equality

reason: women are rational indep beings, capable of reason

Formal equality: to be free women shoule enjoy full civil liberties and be allowed to have a career

Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the right of women

• people are rational. HN naturally good

• women as capable of rational thought

• free excercise of individualsim is essential for econ and cultural progression

• all should have equality under the law and free from discrim

• women largley to blae → historically accepted superioty of men

wollstonecraft quote

‘i do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves’