PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nominalism, Totalitarianism
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Last lecture: aspects of rp>totalitarian, consequences of dangers of arguing with analogy. Ie: soul; analogy between state + citizens + soul &mind. Both soul and state are proper functioning of parts. 1. ) the soul is not unitary feel in conflict (emotions/desires: evidence that soul cannot be just one the same thing cannot have opposite properties. 3 parts: emotional part conflicts with appetitive, doesn"t mean emotional is the same as rational. Ie: small children and animals do not have rational part. Is it sufficiently neat to be worth having: 3 parts idea will eventually branch out to several parts. Communism + gender equality: no nuclear families (women + children are held equal, children are interest of the state. In rp, these may not work with lower class. There is no reason to think that women can have the same opportunities"-plato (feminist?: cultural relativity. Eg: exercising naked; opinions may not always be correct in society: symposium.
