tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355904823307221057.post3428422024718139916..comments2009-08-19T20:34:35.451-07:00Comments on ILC Yalies: Social Contract TheoryYohanna Pepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620641205664848963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355904823307221057.post-71209874976782600782009-07-28T00:27:01.402-07:002009-07-28T00:27:01.402-07:00Yohanna,
On further reflection about the philosop...Yohanna,<br /><br />On further reflection about the philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, he was a major influence in the French Revolution and it was his admonition that the populace had an OBLIGATION to revolt which was the impetus for quite a number of social upheavals in France in the century after he philosophized and cost the lives of many hundreds of thousands of people. What he was saying sounds good in a speech but when they apply his words to real lives the world can be changed and not necessarily in a positive fashion.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355904823307221057.post-33076755125227276932009-07-28T00:15:37.213-07:002009-07-28T00:15:37.213-07:00Yohanna,
There is such a HUGE difference between ...Yohanna,<br /><br />There is such a HUGE difference between what’s being taught to you and what was taught at some of our other ILC schools. After some of their lectures I found myself trying to unteach some of the things that were being impressed upon gullible young students but here you’re being provided with both sides of the argument so you can make choices on your own based on a greater source of information.<br /><br />I’m afraid that I have to disagree with you, though, on one your statements about Hobbes’ beliefs being looked at as “extremely radical today”. Take a look at some of our seats of power within the government in recent years—especially in the office of the Vice President during the first eight years of this century and tell me that Hobbes wasn’t revered there. AND, there were large members of our government and amongst the populace that agreed whole heartedly.<br /><br />ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, Yohanna, I’d love to read more. This is good stuff.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com