PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Contract Theory, Robert Nozick
7 Oct 2016
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Week four phil*1010 introduction to philosophy september 28th. One motivating factor was the liberal conception of individual as being free and also equal with respect to strength (hobbes), and moral standing (locke) Explanatory device meant to explain how free and equal individuals come to organize themselves and legitimize the drafting and enforcement of laws. Since we are born free, any limitation on our freedom is necessarily artificial. Two different types of consent: tacit consent access and use of goods, consenting to a duty, hypothetical consent were you to ask, people would say yes. Both forms of consent had their issues, especially with a complex and interconnected society like every society that has ever existed. Goal is to produce more pleasure than pain for others: eminently empirical, also its greatest weakness how do you quantify happiness, utilitarianism was extremely influential in shaping of 18th/19th century.
