POL373H1 Lecture Notes - French Moralists, Moral Agency
10 Dec 2012
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If a society grants away its original and abosolute powers, it potentiall grats away its capacity to preserve itself and no community can possibly do this an more tha an individual can abdicate his power to preserve his life. Mair - kings are instituted for the good of the people so people must ebe above king. Strong cognitive component to understanding of emotions; Emotions invoked only insofar as they are relevant to moral virtue; Ideals of constancy involving significant self-discipline and regulation of emotional life; Emotions are generally shaped and determined in significant ways by the broader social and cultural context; Descartes passions of the soul, its philosophy and politics. The soul is passive when feeling passion. the ouls on the one hand has these impulses coming form the body that invokes your desire, the sould must try to overcome these impulses. Strong physiological component when it comes to emotion. We experience emotion idiosyncratically. emotions are relative.
