POLI1041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Direct Democracy, Alexis De Tocqueville, Private Good
20 Jun 2016
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C: age of social consciousness (reform) elite in society. D. 2. were horrified as more was revealed about the working conditions in the factories. D. 3. a) women and girls burned alive in a locked factory. Mill was very affected by the environment around him: father was james mill, along with jeremy bentham invited utilitarianism. If you cannot prove it, it is not worth talking about. People live by sensation (a. 2. d. 1) avoid pain and seek pleasure (a. 2. d. 1. a) not sensualists (a. 2. d. 2) (a. 2. d. 3) do what makes you happy whatever feels good is right (a. 2. d. 3. a) purely empirical, it is quantifiable. A. 2. e) (a. 2. e. 1) government ought to make happy as many people as possi- ble when it makes laws (a. 2. e. 2) At this point in the 19th century (a. 2. e. 2. a) parliament had a lot of power. A. 2. e. 2. a. i) running for office, free and fair elections (a. 2. e. 2. b) voting rights had been expanded.
