SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Moral Authority, Rationality, Alexis De Tocqueville
Document Summary
Position paper: talk to ta and ask if this is an argument; better argument; not just summary; make introduction last (going to write about where we"re going to go); Authority of church has been sapped, cases of child abuse, problem is not only with the mistreatment of children by priests, but the way in which the institution responds to these cases. Erosion of moral authority (because the church is supposed to uphold right behaviour) and the gap between what it should be upholding and how it actually does. The kinds of authority we"ll be looking at is authoritative and political. Authority of nobility around them (in french revolution) erosion of political authority and rightness (and rightness of rule) Should public opinion have greater authority than leaders who are born (kings?) Perhaps because it believes that the ideology of the conqueror is bringing civilization, enlightenment; The question of authority clearly is still with us today.
