QU 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theocracy, Autocracy, John Stuart Mill

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: QU Seminars
• Course: QU 101
• Professor: Andrea Hogan

Document Summary

Being a part of a community comes with many different types, which can be categorized into a large list and i"ll list a few: Being a part of one community doesn"t mean you can"t be a part of another. It is not by wearing down into uniformity all that is individual in themselves, but by cultivating it and calling it forththat human beings become a noble and beautiful object of contemplations . Having many different communities is crucial in order to prevent uniformity, because uniformity can prevent human life from being rich and diversified. Nonconforming to one community strengthens ties between every individual and their race by making every race infinitely better worth belonging to. (346 on liberty) Being a part of a variety of communities allows one to express himself or herself in different ways and be more open and accepting of others. Varies communities make us unique and different, which constructs who we are.