It seems unusual for someone, who lived and died prior to the American and French revolutions to write that “the strength of individuals can not be united without a conjunction of all their wills.” (p. 162) He seems to be leaning toward a phenomenon that was simply not available during his lifetime- a classless society. ...
In Victorian England, the line between fiction and autobiography had little to do with the truthful representation of fact. For the Victorians, the autobiography (a term they themselves coined during the 19th century) was first and foremost, a purposeful narration. It would become a highly popular genre that would not only prompt a plethora of ...
Three objections John Stuart Mill cites that are commonly used against Utilitarianism are that it is overburdensome, makes one unsympathetic to where actions emanate and is an expedient ideology. Mill states that “They (objectors) say that it is exacting to much to require people should always act from the inducement of promoting the general interestsof ...
Jean Jacques Rousseau suggests a Social Contract; from this Social Contract the general will can be devolved. The general will is the result of people forming an association for a common goal. Their goal is “the protection of the person and the property of each constituent member” (Social Contract, I:VI: 180). By joining together, the ...
We ought to so some things, and we ought not do others. Of those things that we ought to do, we sometime can give a correct account of why we ought to do them. Othertimes, when we do what we ought to do, we give an incorrect account. Frequently, the following account is given; it ...