PHIL 115 Lecture Notes - Sociality, John Stuart Mill, Liberal Democracy
15 Apr 2013
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Philosophy second semester- notes on john stuart mill. Descartes - foundationalist - i think, i am is the foundation of all knowledge, it"s rationally impossible to doubt this. Our society stands or falls upon a foundation. The notion of justice has to have a foundation, which is the philosophy of human nature. We can"t design a just society unless you know the citizens and what they"re like. Aristotle says the human being is a rational animal with reason. different interpretations on what human rationality is. The dominant political philosophy emerged from the enlightenment of political democracy, canada is a liberal democracy and some others. Can be a gap between the rich and poor but can"t be a rigid class structure, because human nature is universal so its unjust. In canada, no one is above the law, the pm doesn"t rule, the law does. Equality, if we have the same nature we ought to have equal rights.
