SDS131R Lecture Notes - Neoliberalism, Political Philosophy, Human Nature
15 Mar 2013
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Desire to conserve tradition or customary way of life. Resist sudden change because it only creates bigger problems. Replace social contract with customs and convention, rights with obligations, individualism with organic whole of society. Human nature is corrupt and deeply flawed. The political philosophy of imperfection: were governing from reason. We"re not intellectually imperfect we are morally imperfect. Sometime when we think we"re doing something good but we"re actually doing more harm: example building schools in third world countries. Restraint through government but also institutions (religious, family, education) Loves religion because it teaches people to be self-restraining and is the building block of society. Family or community will take care of you (sick, starving homeless) not the role of the government. Keeps with tradition and maintains practices and traditions. Politics of delay, wait to make a big change and think about why those laws or traditions were there in the first place.
