POL SCI 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Human Nature
11 Mar 2017
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Mill: why he holds his belief > know the logic of each thinker! Source of f in society (shifted slightly to) what is the action we should take in circumstance of unfreedom. Douglass: emancipation from the institution of slavery. Focus on dismantling freedom, not postulate theory on freedom (5) King: god"s will, just laws (instead of unjust laws) Man-made law (connected with rousseau) (57) definition of unjust and just law. Philosophy: how to understand the world, develop framework to address issues. Rhetoric: use rhetoric that audience agrees with and compel you to act. You already have beliefs about freedom, you now must act to be true to your beliefs. For mlk and douglass comes from god. Question: can we take what mlk says in this specific context and use his ideas and apply to issues such as the existence of a universal truth. In another state, human nature realized and feel at home in society.
