Philosophy 1020 Lecture 15: Lecture 12/11/2015
16 Feb 2016
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The structure of rousseau"s argument: p, v, q, v, r, ~p, ~q. Our idea today: wait, there"s another option: s, A person who has accepted the benefits of a mutually beneficial [and just] scheme of social cooperation is bound to do her part and not take advantage of the benefits by not cooperating. But, cooperation cannot require you to do something morally wrong. An analogy: the officious intermeddler" in the law of unjust enrichment. Unjust enrichment are law regarding things that go wrong between transaction between people. It is an an area of private law, rather than public law. The key example: should i get a return? . The officious intermeddler" that you cannot enrich" something of someone"s else"s life, which providing benefits, without consent. And, the person who received the benefit has no obligation for repayment for that benefit given to him without his consent.
