POL355Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Joseph Raz, Glasser'S Choice Theory, Habituation
15 Nov 2017
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Two grounds for rights: grounds: right for individuals to live (someone else doesn"t have right to kill you, (a) choice / will, (b) interest. More likely to support group rights > claim that groups have rationality / agency questionable: formal vs. Informal groups > informal groups less likely to pass tests of agency: groups coming together > group thinking + brainstorming, supplementing their blind spots however still is considered individual reasoning (example: 2+2 > doesn"t have to equal 4) Why: interest: sometimes nations have interests in not having borders trespassed. Corporate rights: attributed directly to group: can be exercised by group as whole, not by individuals > (ability to claim independence, not individual, presupposes moral / legal identity. < [a. problem b/c group membership changes constantly, therefore interests of group changes as well & b. can"t constitutionally embed them for future, therefore rights can become context dependable]
