POLS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Visible Minority, Mary Wollstonecraft, Liberal Feminism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 250
• Professor: Colin Farrelly

Document Summary

The personal is political motto of feminism: liberal feminism was inspired by mary wollstonecraft, rights are essential, the rights that apply to men should also apply to women challenges the private/public dichotomy of liberal political theory. Susan okin: 4 ways in which the personal is political. Power: a distinguishing feature of the political, can exist within the family, obvious: physical abuse, rape, etc, more subtle: who makes important family decisions, ex. money. The domestic sphere itself is the result of political indecisions: marriage as an institution - come out of patriarchal traditions. Politics of difference : emphasize the differences between the sexes. Kant: born in east prussia in 1724, links up some themes already covered in the course, autonomy and authority, the social contract, toleration, reason vs passions , (later on in the course the contrast with utilitarianism) How people will follow authority without questioning it.