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Ideas for David O. Brink, Will Kymlicka and Churchland / Churchland
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41 ideas
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 2. Population / a. Human population
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To maximise utility should we double the population, even if life somewhat deteriorates? [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 4. Original Position / c. Difference principle
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The difference principles says we must subsidise the costs of other people's choices [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / a. Sovereignty
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Liberal state legitimacy is based on a belief in justice, not in some conception of the good life [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract
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Social contract theories are usually rejected because there never was such a contract [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship
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Some liberals thinks checks and balances are enough, without virtuous citizens [Kymlicka]
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Good citizens need civic virtues of loyalty, independence, diligence, respect, etc. [Kymlicka]
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Liberals accept that people need society, but Aristotelians must show that they need political activity [Kymlicka]
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Minimal liberal citizenship needs common civility, as well as mere non-interference [Kymlicka]
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Modern non-discrimination obliges modern citizens to treat each other as equals [Kymlicka]
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The right wing sees citizenship in terms of responsibility to earn a living, rather than rights [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture
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Liberals say state intervention in culture restricts people's autonomy [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 4. Social Utilitarianism
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Utilitarianism is no longer a distinctive political position [Kymlicka]
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The quest of the general good is partly undermined by people's past entitlements [Kymlicka]
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We shouldn't endorse preferences which reject equality, and show prejudice and selfishness [Kymlicka]
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Using utilitarian principles to make decisions encourages cold detachment from people [Kymlicka]
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Utilitarianism is irrational if it tells you to trade in your rights and resources just for benefits [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy
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Modern democratic theory focuses on talk, not votes, because we need consensus or compromise [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics
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In a liberal democracy all subjects of authority have a right to determine the authority [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
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Modern liberalism has added personal privacy to our personal social lives [Kymlicka]
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We have become attached to private life because that has become greatly enriched [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / d. Liberal freedom
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Liberalism tends to give priority to basic liberties [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / e. Liberal community
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Liberals are not too individualistic, because people recognise and value social relations [Kymlicka]
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Modern liberals see a community as simply a society which respects freedom and equality [Kymlicka]
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Liberals must avoid an official culture, as well as an official religion [Kymlicka]
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Liberals need more than freedom; they must build a nation, through a language and institutions [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / f. Multiculturalism
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Some individuals can gain citizenship as part of a group, rather than as mere individuals [Kymlicka]
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The status hierarchy is independent of the economic hierarchy [Kymlicka]
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Some multiculturalists defended the rights of cohesive minorities against liberal individualism [Kymlicka]
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'Culturalist' liberals say that even liberal individuals may need minority rights [Kymlicka]
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Multiculturalism may entail men dominating women in minority groups [Kymlicka]
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Liberals must prefer minority right which are freedoms, not restrictions [Kymlicka]
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Why shouldn't national minorities have their own right to nation-build? [Kymlicka]
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Multiculturalism is liberal if it challenges inequality, conservative if it emphasises common good [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique
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Marxists say liberalism is unjust, because it allows exploitation in the sale of labour [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
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Community can focus on class or citizenship or ethnicity or culture [Kymlicka]
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The 'Kantian' view of the self misses the way it is embedded or situated in society [Kymlicka]
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Communitarians say we should pay more attention to our history [Kymlicka]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / b. Against communitarianism
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Communitarianism struggles with excluded marginalised groups [Kymlicka]
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Communitarian states only encourage fairly orthodox ideas of the good life [Kymlicka]
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Feminism has shown that social roles are far from fixed (as communitarians tend to see them) [Kymlicka]
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Participation aids the quest for the good life, but why should that be a state activity? [Kymlicka]
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