General Education Ethical Reasoning 21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Direct Democracy, Political Philosophy, Robert Paul Wolff
21 Mar 2016
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3 kinds of anarchism: anarchism without rule, political anarchism, left: concerned with goods of self-management, anarcho-syndicalism collectives of workers own the means of production. You decide not to steal quarters from your sister because it is wrong to steal (perhaps your sister has a right not to have her quarters stolen): prudential reasons are in the neighborhood of your self-interest. You decide not to steal quarters from your sister because they are too neatly arranged and you would be caught if you stole some. Premises and conclusions (exactly where does it go wrong, if at all) It seems interesting that sometimes the most reasonable premises can reach the most ridiculous conclusions . People say that we need a political setup that enforces the public good some level of coercion from the state. There are mechanisms for judging whether political practices are in line with the principles.
