... in whose honor this lecture series was created. Mr. Goodrich founded Liberty Fund Inc., a foundation given over to the programmatic and philosophic study of society made up of free and responsible individuals. The value of such studies reflects Mr. Goodrich's understanding of the difficult problems raised in advancing and defending human liberty. These essays examine the meaning given ... maintains that Montesquieu's concept of liberty is compatible with that found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. Allen considers the Enlightenment's impact on America during the Revolutionary period. H...

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... in the way to their End, (which is principally to their own conservation and sometimes their delectation only), endeavor to destroy, or subdue one another."" Hobbes notes that there are three natural causes of conflict among people in the state of nature: distrust of one another, competition for limited resources, and glory (to ... consult it."" This implies that all human beings have a natural moral sense, which they are inherently capable of recognizing and responding to. Furthermore, Locke notes that each individual in the state of nature has the power to execute the laws of nature, ...

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... (Locke, Second Treatise of Government 4) is one where equality exists among individuals and no one has power to exert over another and all individuals are free to do whatever they so desire. But he makes a point that this liberty does not necessarily mean you can do whatever you want. There are ... not conclude until the aggressor repays the damages and allows the attacked group to have an opportunity to attack the aggressors. All people are born free, but most seem to have started off with a parent or at least a parental figure in their lives. These parental figures exert control over t...

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... of idealism (from the early 1900s through to the late 1930s) was motivated by the desire to prevent war. However, many idealists were skeptical that laissez faire economic principles, like free trade, would deliver peace. Idealists, like J. A. Hobson, argued that imperialism was becoming the primary cause of conflict in international politics. For Hobson, imperialism resulted from underconsumption within developed capitalist societies ... 1976: 97). Unlike realists however, liberal institutionalists believe that the decline of state autonomy is not necessarily regrettable, rather, they ...

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