POL 2108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Civil Society, Negative Liberty
7 Apr 2016
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During rousseau"s time, discourse had turned towards focusing on the people , whereby the people were defined as the intellectuals, academics, lawmakers, lawyers, businessmen, etc. Rousseau was the first theorist of his time to actually focus on the people as citizens as a whole. This is in part because rousseau lived life as a vagabond and a peasant, so he saw the world through the eyes of the lower class. Has the progress of sciences and arts contributed to corrupt or purify morality? . A discourse on the moral effects of the arts and sciences rousseau. In his essay (above), rousseau extols natural man and the expense of civil man. He argues that the arts and sciences have corrupted humanity. He sees a direct link between luxury, constantly expanding needs, and the rise of arts and sciences. He argues that this led to the corruption of humanity and morality. Rousseau suggests that almost all existing political regimes are illegitimate.
