HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - William Godwin, Calvinism, Industrial Revolution
Document Summary
Movements that dominated 19th c came from 2 causes. Heritage of englightment, philosophes, fr rev (ideas put forth) Consequences of industrialization and results of industrial revolution. W. world saw 2 laws: (1) laws of physics that drives the universe (2) mutable, changeable law. The more we can bring human law and absolute law together. Rousseau - social contract - attacked john locke"s assertion that enjoyment of private property is a natural right of humanity --> right to lives, freedom, property is natural. Rousseu argued that much of malcontent in society came from desire of those who own proper- ty who wanted to protect it form those who don"t have. Private property = pervesion of natural law. Role of great massive humanity exercising natural right on own behalf - only traditional proper- ty-owning classes having responsibility of rulership over others = these operate against human law. Those laws decreed/enacted against human law (ownershop of property) = should be disobeyed.
