Lectures (Video)
- 1. Introduction: What is Political Philosophy?
- 2. Socratic Citizenship: Plato, Apology
- 3. Socratic Citizenship: Plato, Crito
- 4. Philosophers and Kings: Plato, Republic, I-II
- 5. Philosophers and Kings: Plato, Republic, III-IV
- 6. Philosophers and Kings: Plato, Republic, V
- 7. The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle, Politics, I, III
- 8. The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle, Politics, IV
- 9. The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle, Politics, VII
- 10. New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli, The Prince
- 11. New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli, The Prince II
- 12. The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
- 13. The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan II
- 14. The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan III
- 15. Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise
- 16. Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise II
- 17. Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise III
- 18. Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse
- 19. Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse II
- 20. Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Social Contract
- 21. Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville, Democracy in America
- 22. Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville, Democracy in America II
- 23. Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville, Democracy in America III
- 24. In Defense of Politics
Introduction to Political Philosophy - Lecture 19
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Lecture 19 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse II
The discussion on the origins of inequality in the Second Discourse continues. This lecture focuses on amour-propre, a faculty or a disposition that is related to a range of psychological characteristics such as pride, vanity, and conceit. The Social Contract is subsequently discussed with an emphasis on the concept of freedom and how one's desire to preserve one's freedom is often in conflict with that of others to protect and defend their own. General will becomes Rousseau's solution to the problem of securing individual liberty.
Prof. Steven B. Smith
PLSC 114 Introduction to Political Philosophy, Fall 2006 (Yale University: Open Yale) http://oyc.yale.edu Date accessed: 2008-12-29 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
