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,ASSESSMENT 1
ASSIGNMENT1FORLJU 4081–LEGALPHILOSOPHY
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SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
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, QUESTION1
1.1 Liberalism can be defined as a theory about the proper relationship between the
individual and the state. Liberalism alsocontainsa broader account of the relationship
between the individual and society.1
Liberalism resembles principles and institutions, recognizable by certain
characteristics like individual freedom, political participation, private property, and
equality of opportunity. In International Relations it explains how human reason,
progress, individual rights and freedoms can give rise to more peaceful interstate
relations. Democracies are more likely to engage in international trade and investment
resulting in peace as conflict will be less likely.
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1.2 Libertarianism is a political philosophy that affirms the rights of individuals to
liberty, to acquire, keep, and exchange their holdings, and considers the protection of
individual rights the primary role for the state”2
What is most important is to defend the freedom of individuals to live without being
victims of aggression by others, against their persons or their property. Libertarians
believe that all individuals are entitled to live as they choose freely and without any
interference from other persons or by the state.
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1.3“Justice is primarily a possible, but not a necessary, quality of a social order
regulating the mutual relations of men. Only secondarily it is a virtue of man, since a
man is just, if his behavior conforms to the norms of social order supposed to be just”3
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KymlickaW‘Liberalism,community,andculture’OxfordUniversityPress,1991.
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