RELG 271 Final: Lecture 4

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 271
• Professor: Jon Waind

Document Summary

Lecture 4 monday, september 15, 2015 an evolving moral ethos i. [immigration] of people with hiv or who identify as gay/lesbian. Key terms: homophobia, heterosexism/heteronormativity; idea that the world and public policy is made for heterosexuals. Ignatieff talks about transformation of society in terms of waves of post war revolution of rights. Upheaval of the wars made it a time that things that udhr could emerge. Begins with the rights revolution, followed by the sexual revolution, which gives way to a moral revolution. It"s not merely a change in law or policy. It is as well a change in their moral stance and belief. Through compassion, condonation [involves recognition] and then celebration. Celebration means that only society accepts or condones this group but approves of it! First form of association naturally instituted for the satisfaction of daily recurrent needs is thus family ; you can draw a thread from this to the udhr that denotes family as the fundamental institutional.