PHILOS 3YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Amour-Propre, Egocentrism, Hereditary Monarchy

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHILOS 3YY3
• Professor: Stefan Sciaraffa

Document Summary

Moral / political inequality: depends on a convention. It takes on the idea of ought to" and ought not to". It is something that we consent to but can also be backed by force. The discourse of inequality: two fables (1) the state of nature: doesn"t think it existed (2) the fable of the famers and ironworkers. The point of the fable of the metalworkers and metallurgists: new context for amour propre and new inequalities, interdependent economy, institutions of government. A representation of the idea of any economy that satisfies material need by a way of division of labor. This abiding social proximity and set of interactions continually activates amour propre: we are constantly trying to find ways to satisfy our drives of esteem : we will be driven to create inequalities to satisfy these needs. After showing each other the horror of the current situation of a struggle against all, the.