Political Science 1020E Midterm: Notable figures
12 Feb 2019
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Science of ideas : how social ideas work and relate to one another to improve the rationality of the social discourse; truth, progress. People are not perfectible they are creatures of habit. Social fabric society as a web of relations equalling more that the sum of its parts. Organic conception of society not a social contract. Liberty should act in accordance with society"s laws and traditions. Revolution as an unpredictable, wholesale changing of society. Elected natural elite that is a trustee of all those who voted for him, against him, or not at all. Return to throne and altar after the revolution. Counter-enlightenment; against the appeal to natural rights and the perfectibility of man. Trying to change things by revolution will either lead to the opposite of what was intended, not change anything at all, and will put the older benefit in jeopardy.
