Sociology 2271A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Frankfurt School, Time In South Korea, Individual And Group Rights
14 Jun 2013
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Ideal speech = no barriers: ex) coercion. Consensus about truth developed through communication process. Ideal speech has 4 criteria: understandability of utterances, truth of utterances. Not based on emotions: reliability and sincerity of speaker. Speaker must be truthful and sincere and serious. Someone that can be trusted: authority (right to offer ideas) The notion of the public sphere replaces appeals to authority, tradition, force etc. with an appeal to reason - resolve through argument and discussion: colonisation of everyday citizens. Democracy should be seen as a particular way by which citizens make collective and rational decisions. Envisioned a deliberate democracy where a government"s laws and institutions would be a reflection of free and open public discussion. Class answers: liberalism, individual rights and freedom, state increases, republicanism, collective, focus on ethics/ethical life, community society, interdependence. Rights: a priori possession of every individual upon birth consider universal. Role of state protect those rights focuses on interests of the individual.
