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Globalization
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Are we a global world? yes
-increasing interdependent of citizens and nations |
Government
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FORCE
-ligit use of force |
Governments oldest objective
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Maintain order=rules
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Thomas Hobbes
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He supports a strong central gov
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Thomas Hobbes: live with out govt
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Solitary, poor, etc. NEGATIVE
life would be short Survival of the fittest |
John Locke
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Two Treatises on Government
influences Thomas Jefferson in writing Declaration of Independence |
Locke: life, liberty, property
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Goverment objective is to protect life liberty and property but they replaced property with the pursuite of happiness
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Karl Max/state
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German, all land and prodution will be owned by the state not the individual
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Public goods
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Benefits and survices that benefit the people.
pay through taxes government owned |
Major objective of todays government
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Is pormoting EQUALITY
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Resdistribuing wealth
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Taking wealth from citizens and spreding it out to the poor and through taxes
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One person One vote
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All votes are the same not matter what
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Equality of opportunity
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May the best person win
man or woman |
Equality of outcome
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You already know the outcome
outcome is predetermined |
"original dilemma"
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Balance between freedom and order
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