PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indecent Exposure, Positive Liberty, Negative Liberty

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1010
• Professor: Kyle Bromhall

Document Summary

Each part of this formula" for a liberal society follows naturally after one another, with each step reaffirming the steps before it (while also extending the consequences even further) Liberalism is complex and more conceptually rich than the popular perception might suggest: might lead to progressivism, but this is the subject of centuries of debate. These features of classical liberalism are actually prevalent in every major canadian political party. This sets the stage for some pervasive critiques of liberalism: requires shared morality, fosters antagonism between people, alienates individuals. One of the consequences of the central tenets of liberalism is pluralism, the idea that society allows multiple legitimate conceptions of the good life. One could make the case that this only works as a guiding principle if we all have roughly similar moral standards. Public indecency, drunkenness, incest, prostitution, etc. are very hard laws to justify with liberalism, especially with the harm principle.