ILS 206 Study Guide - Final Guide: Montesquieu, Perspectivism, Harm Principle
30 Oct 2014
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Except athens, citizens enjoyed liberty insofar as they participated in decisions, but they were a slave to those decisions participation vs. personal independence. For ancients, liberty meant participation in political life, and individual independence wasn"t important. Modern people are more interested in having freedom in the private sphere; delegated sovereignty is the essence of modern freedom liberty and commerce in modern world. Enlightenment: the use of reason; we need it because people are telling us what to think and what to do. the freedom to use reason publicly is necessary for enlightenment. Application of reason to achieve individual and collective maturity through critical examination of beliefs handed to us like religion. Publicly think about problems in society and discuss them, but he"s not ready to allow dissenters to act on their ideas. public use of reason must always be free in order to debate matters of public concern.
