PHI 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Normative Social Influence, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1102
• Professor: Mark Brown

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Corresponding to a (properly formed) morality: even the king is subject to the law, political legitimacy requires the continued consent of citizens who retain the right to overthrow a bad ruler. I can be utterly lazy yet wealthy: bare nature is not very valuable. It is the investment of human labour in nature that produces value: d(cid:734)(cid:724)(cid:738)(cid:733)"(cid:739) (cid:738)(cid:724)(cid:724) (cid:739)(cid:727)(cid:724) (cid:738)(cid:739)(cid:720)(cid:739)(cid:724) (cid:734)(cid:725) (cid:733)(cid:720)(cid:739)(cid:740)(cid:737)(cid:724) (cid:720)(cid:738) (cid:724)(cid:741)(cid:724)(cid:737) (cid:727)(cid:720)(cid:741)(cid:728)(cid:733)(cid:726) (cid:742)(cid:720)(cid:737). Jean-jacques rousseau: progress and civilization are the cause of moral decay, this includes that advances if science. It corrupts the original goodness of human nature. This is the opposite of everyone today: the modern habit of seeking out attention from others is dangerous because: We are never satisfied with the attention that we receive, always want more. We are inevitably jealous of the social admiration other individuals receive. Without pity, no other virtue would be possible: this is because humans are naturally sympathetic, in the state of nature, not in the political state.