SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pauperism, The Kallikak Family, Mental Disorder
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Enlightenment periods purpose was an attempt to resolve a philosophical problem. Social contract view is based on an agreement on ppl to form the society that they live in, the arguments posit that indv. Have submitted to the ruler or to the decision of the majority in exchange of protection of their remaining rights. The contract= agreement b/w society and rulers. Hobbes rejected divine right of kings- argued political authority are based on indv. self interests on members of society, no king has authority to rule. Locke- believed we needed protection, also rejected divine right of kings. Rousseau- argued against idea that monarx were empowered to rule, people were more free, ppl have the right to choose the laws and should be democratically chosen (including women) enlightenment. It substituted faith in the power of reason in the form of faith in the power of religion. Challenged that crime was rooted in demons.
