PHIL 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Max More, Transhumanism, Justin Bieber
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It is not the consciousness of human beings that determines their being but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness . *hume* - cause and effect, inductive generalizations, psychological basis, necessary truths. He lives a long time before the russian revolution or the establishment in north korea or cuba. It is questionable if marx would see soviet union as positive. Rousseau says that we always have a tendency to think of civilization as a good and beneficial thing. But he mentions that a lot of problems that you have as human beings, are because you live in the society. E. g. all the duties, obligations (exams, parents, friends, studies, children, jobs), rules and regulations that we have to follow, wantingly or unwantingly. The society might have some positive effects too but it finishes our freedoms, or at least makes them only a few.