Philosophy 1040F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Thought Experiment, Confounding, Fundamental Justice
6 Feb 2020
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Confounding factors: we are not as neutral as we think, bias, prejudice we all address issues from a particular perspective, thought experiment: What happens when values collide and what can we do: the philosophical approach: argument, what is meant by argument". Monty python take away: an argument is an intellectual process, argument is a connected series of statements to establish a definite proposition. Is not just a contradiction but may involve one. Fundamental law that distributes power among the organs of the state : directly or indirectly structures relationships between people within the state. Some problems with the constitution: the constitution is not one thing, not one document, many, many documents, constitution of canada borrows from the uk constitution some which is unwritten (conventions, constitution is contested. Is the history of canada (more or less): effectively starts with john cabot 1497, treaties, wars, trading, survival, war, war, war. Jacques cartier, samuel de champlain, etc: disease, war, trading, war.
