POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Contract
25 Jan 2018
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Page 50: "(cid:373)ost of our ills are of our ow(cid:374) (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g state of reflectio(cid:374) is a state co(cid:374)trary to (cid:374)ature (cid:373)a(cid:374) who meditates is a depraved animal" Reasoning at play: not saving an immigrant"s life because they"re not one of us. Rousseau says we were much better off in our state of simplicity without reason, even though we think reason is what makes us better and special than animals. "civilized peoples" are what we are now, and our reason/civility is our flaw. He said in a separate discourse, "our souls have been corrupted in proportion as our sciences and arts have advanced" General will: what the individual wills when thinking of the common good. Rousseau hates the way clever people trick others. Civil rights movement: had grown and developed; it mobilized an array of people to move for something that will benefit everyone. No prior communication for collective deliberation/private associations in the larger group, so that everyone is well informed.
