POLS 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Divine Providence, Homo Economicus, Civil Society

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2150
• Professor: Carol Dauda

Document Summary

The roman church and medieval thought: a priori eter(cid:374)al order of har(cid:373)o(cid:374)y: god"s pla(cid:374) Revelation (the word of god revealed), not reaso(cid:374), (cid:271)ri(cid:374)gs k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge of god"s pla(cid:374) a(cid:374)d di(cid:448)i(cid:374)e pro(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)god"s (cid:272)are a(cid:374)d guida(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895: knowledge revelaled through church hierarchy who set rules or dogma. Only men could take position in the church hierarchy as the revelation of god demonstrated. Men or women could have vocation but differentiated into convents and monasteries: men and women must produce progeny. Brought in moral dimension of the corrupt body, the fall. All mortal bodies born in sin and corruption. Church focused on enforcing marriage and kinship rules. In marriage women guided by husbands, must obey. Bringing reason back in: augustine and reason. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) reaso(cid:374) also i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374) follo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g god"s pla(cid:374) Fall not in the body but in the relationship to reason. Augustine focused on the relationship of reason to the body.