Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Wilt Chamberlain
28 Dec 2017
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Poli sci lecture #13: democracy 2: why democracy, intrinsic reasons, instrumental reasons. Exam question: the wilt chamberlain example is intended to show that: natural talents are morally arbitrary, liberty upsets patters, patterns observe liberty. Intrinsic reason #1: freedom as autonomy: auto = self, nomos = law or rule, autonomy = giving laws to oneself, democracy embodies a commitment to freedom or self-rule, democracy = individuals ruling themselves. Rousseau on self-rule: freedom is not the capacity to do what we want. Instead, freedom is obedience to laws we give ourselves. Objection: democracy is not a form of freedom (cid:498)the mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to law which we prescribe to ourselves is liberty. (cid:499) (cid:498)majority rule(cid:499) means the minority is not self-ruling. Therefore, those in the: those on the losing side are subject to laws they do not give themselves minority are not free.
