POLC73H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Conscientious Objector, Immanence, Henry David Thoreau
14 Dec 2012
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Individualism (makes everyone the same; only self-concern) versus individuality (rooted in aristocracy; uniqueness. Do not need to worry about how others see you, therefore don"t need to conform. ) Liberty versus equality: the capacity to be free rests on individuality, which is only possible in a hierarchical society. Tocqueville holds a very tragic disposition on democracy. It is natural to suppose that not the particular prosperity of the few, but the greater well-being of all, is most pleasing in the sight of the creator and preserver of men. What seems to me decay is thus in his eyes progress; what pains me is acceptable to. Equality may be less elevated, but it is more just, and in its justice lies greatness and beauty. Ways of preventing the degeneration of democracy. Most definitions of civil disobedience see it as disobeying a law for the purpose of changing it by persuading others of its injustice through performance.
