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Classical Liberalism |
A political and social philosophy that advocates freedom from excessive government interference. It protects the rights and liberties of individual people. First advocate of this approach was John Locke. |
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Individualism |
View that emphasizes the importance of the individual. |
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Positive Law |
Created by humans. Written rules enforced by the courts. |
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Natural Law |
Unwritten. Does not appear in rule books or statutes. It is regarded as the conscience of a state's legal system by Naturalists. |
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Naturalists |
Supporters of the idea of natural law. Refer back to Natural Law "They consider natural law to be the law as it would be in its ideal form and regard it as the conscience of a state's legal system. |
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Legal Positivists |
Oppose natural law theory and reject that there is a relationship between law and moral right and wrong. Argument: What is moral right and wrong? |
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Retributive justice |
People have to get what they deserve or that the punishment should match the crime. |
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Distributive Justice |
Suggest that people have to share equally in the distribution of a society's resources. Everything is equal. People get equal of everything. |
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Contractarian |
a general ethical theory that individuals make the right choices under a hypothetical social contract. |
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Economic Laissez-faire |
French part means Lets act. People who are LAissez-fair economics calls for minimum government intervention in the marketplace. |
