POL320Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Positive Liberty
12 Dec 2016
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We looked at the different iterations of a social contract last week: question: what are the implications of rousseau"s suggested natural way of life. Example of the horse who is resisting the whip of the master (natural) Enslaved people prefer a tranquil enslavement than a turbulent resistance: most european people are subservient, and have lost a sense of what constitutes liberty. Natural vs. civil liberty: natural liberty is independence, will of the individual drives the actions, no sense of justice or injustice. Hobbes says this type of freedom can be given away. R says this type of freedom has a moral consequence, renouncing one"s liberty is renouncing one"s dignity. Therefore is a fundamental moral and legal feature: p. 164 quote. Mastery of oneself: reasons of legal obligation, obligation to oneself or to a whole of which one is a part, there is a difference in these types of obligations.
