PHIL 2923 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Theocracy, Wield, John Stuart Mill
Document Summary
Overtly utopian, rethinking society in the most radical way and also in the most hopeful way. He is much more realistic in his utopianism. Rawls is a very influential thinker of the 20th century who basically single handed revived. It matters what our purposes are and if they can actually be realized in society political philosophy. It had a high point with john stuart mill in the 19th century and then at least in the. English language there isn"t really any major book on the topic until 1971 when rawl"s book comes out. Rawl"s book comes out and basically the field becomes incredibly lively, everyone starts writing about political philosophy. The theory of justice had the biggest influence. When rawls starts working on these ideas, political and moral philosophy is completely dominated by one way of thinking. Utilitarianism: the greater good for the most people he greatest happiness of the greatest moment.