PHIL 2P15 Lecture Notes - Senescence, Enlightened Absolutism, French Revolution
10 Oct 2012
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A way of viewing the world that is still relevant today. Applying methods and ideas of the scientific revolution to study, reform and improvement of human society. Devaluing traditional religious beliefs (orthodoxy equated with superstitions) Politics : moderates favored enlightened absolutism: radicals favored democracy, not monarchy. Religion: reasonable religion, not superstitions; religious toleration. Ideas and society: individualism; free trade; mass education; legal reform; Was a member of the british parliament. Wrote a long letter to a young man in paris titled reflections on the revolution in. Asked the young man what he thought about the french revolution. Published private letter in 1790 in english. Argued that there was only chaos and disorder that could logically follow the actions of the revolutionaries in france (revolution was dangerous) The idea of having a king and a parliament was not a radical event (burke said it was) A decade before the f. r in the americas, rebel british subjects went above their king (george)
