HUMR 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural Justice, Distributive Justice, Stoicism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Human Rights
• Course: HUMR 2001
• Professor: Tamara Kotar

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Video quiz and blog citation: (name, url); (name, title, pg) Eras of human rights: ancient: what ought to be (what is good, how is knowledge of good attained, ho(cid:449) to e(cid:374)sure people i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iety are li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)good(cid:859)(cid:895) Ideal relationship between individual and society: justice, morality, human nature, community, institutions (before discussion of (cid:862)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) rights(cid:863), (cid:271)efore la(cid:374)guage of 20th c, (cid:862)(cid:373)oral rules(cid:863) for communities, individuals. Attributes leader need? (focus on leaders/ goverance: about ideal society, virtuous should govern. Have to have right morals instilled in society. 2-guards (enforce law: because of what people are made of talked about bronze (producers, made of bronze), silver, gold to correspond to tiers, problem with athenian society was democracy. People from diff groups could rise if had what it takes. Need to think in terms of bigger communitites. Any ethical issue should be considered in terms of justice, covered by justice system.