PHIL100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Negative And Positive Rights, Classical Liberalism, Atheism
28 Nov 2017
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Cs: our common sense view of ourselves as a species. Scientific: what mn tells us the image of humans is. Scientism: the belief that science(especially the natural sciences: chem, bio, and physics) is the most viable part of human learning because when all the science questions are answered there will be no questions left. Mystery: p is true but we don"t know why. Concept of rights: the idea of rights plays a big role in classic liberalism. Moral rights - natural = human rights possessed by the virtue of the type of being one is. Unalienable = cannot be taken away by the state. What is a right? morally wrong for anyone to interfere with jones having x someone else must provide jones with x. Traditional conservatism: true liberty is living in conformity to morality. Political liberalism: prioritize lp to emphasize property rights.
