POLS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Wollstonecraft, Jonathan Haidt, William Godwin
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Kekes what is conservatism? : the fundamental aim of conservatism is to conserve the political arrangements that have shown themselves to be conducive to good lives . Jonathan haidt video: michaelangelo"s david people who are more liberal have an. Openness to experience : first draft of the moral mind. Five foundations of morality (don"t need to memorize) Purity/sanctity: it helps to have some form of punishment to enforce cooperation (even shame or embarassment, everyone is right in some way and you cant break things into right and wrong. Topics: background, a vindication of the rights of woman (1792, the personal is political , the politics of difference (phillips) Background: born in 1759 in london (family problems) Leaves home around the age of 19, sister is in an unhappy marriage: helped run a school (interest in education, especially of girls, defended richard price"s support of the french revolution against. I know from experience we were formed to make each other happy.