POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Noble Savage, Egocentrism
2 May 2017
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Page (cid:1012) (cid:862)ou(cid:396) souls ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)upted as ou(cid:396) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d ou(cid:396) a(cid:396)ts ha(cid:448)e (cid:863) Freedom: state of nature vs. civil society, in state of nature, we have physical freedoms (noble savage argument) we only have our most basic urges that are physical (eat, sleep, fornicate). In our natural sate, this is all we enjoy. These urges are driven by pity and self preservation: in a civil society, we give up our physical freedom for civil freedom. General will/will of all: page (cid:1005)(cid:1010)(cid:1008) (cid:862)the su(cid:373) of fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:373)e i(cid:374)to (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:449)ithout the (cid:272)oope(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of many. However, the general will is what is best for all of us and these two can diverge outside of a perfect society: the will of all changes when things go bad. Legislator: the legislator needs to be, ideally, someone who can create the best laws for our society, yet is not a member of our society.
