POLS 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Public Philosophy, John Stuart Mill, Civil Society

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2150
• Professor: Carol Dauda

Document Summary

Liberalism, gender and power: evolution of modernity and the modern nation state. At this time there is the development of the capitalist society and an industrial economy. Marx believes that the materialism in society is what caused change: change in human consciousness, economic and political life. Positivist idea of knowledge gained from positive, observable and knowable facts: positivism: system of knowledge based on positive observable and knowable facts and phenomena and excluding speculation on ultimate causes or origins. -prostestant reformation and that you can take to god, you are an individual. -all for the good and a sign of progress: different foundation for political life. -all political arrangements are conventional and arise through human reason and rational thought however they can change: comes from rational ideas, from human reason, so can be changed, based on individualism, equality before the law, freedom, industriousness, contract and consent.