PHIL 231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: James Mill, Desegregation, Tabula Rasa
8 Dec 2016
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Conflict b/w majority rule and minority liberty: most prominent with race. Imposition of end to slavery on unwilling whites. Conflict b/w majority rule and minority rights: prohibition of sale/consumption of alcoholic drinks, censorship of porn. Right of the individual to use drugs for recreational purposes. Right of the indiv to follow his/her sexual proclivities w/other consenting adults. Right to life versus right to abortion and right to die. * there are minorities that should be repressed. *we all belong to/can easily imagine belonging to minorities which inspire the majority w/fear and loathing. How and where do democracy and liberty conflict: how to adjudicate that, how shall we understand democracy, how shall we put this notion into practice, the historical, social, and biographical context. John stuart mill & james stuart mill: john --- son of james mill, both in thick of intellectual and political controversy in great britain (early mid- nineteenth century, utilitarianism.
