Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Antoine Destutt De Tracy, John Stuart Mill, Cosmopolitanism
15 May 2020
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Poli sci lecture 14 notes (on november 4th test) If you think duties of justice only apply within countries, you are: Nationalism: common-sense view about duties to address global poverty, duties of justice apply within countries, national borders do have basic moral significance. Thinking determines action: it is what men think that determines how they act john stewart mill, 1861. Ideas and ideologies structure political understanding, set goals, shape political systems, and act as a form of social cement. Ideologies aim to understand, interpret, explain and evaluate the social world: they unify groups or classes around a set of beliefs and values. Ideologies are systems of ideas with their own histories. Ideology: early development: early 1800s: napoleon supports a return to an alliance with the catholic church and tradition, ideology becomes a dirty word. Ideologies describe what is, explain why it is, propose what should be, and provide a program of action.
