PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Atomism, Sentience

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1010
• Professor: Victoria Burke

Document Summary

Charles taylor the ends and goals of individuals. It is a particular way of conceiving of the relationship between the individual and the collective. The view has its roots in social contract theory. People do generally think that others should not be permitted to prevent them from doing what they want to do. Taylor, who is hegelian, thinks there are serious flaws in this way of thinking. Taylor argues against the nozick view of rights as (cid:498)moral side constraints. (cid:499) Nozick"s view leads to what taylor calls (cid:498)atomization. (cid:499) It places primacy on the rights of the individual. (cid:498)ends(cid:499) and (cid:498)goals(cid:499) are primarily. So, in this view the (cid:498)rights(cid:499) of individuals plays a central role. Notions of obligation or (cid:498)belonging(cid:499) do not have the same status as (cid:498)rights of individual. (cid:499) They see (cid:498)belonging(cid:499) or (cid:498)obligation(cid:499) as conditional, or laid on top of rights of the.