I just made the longest blog ever about Rousseau, Jefferson, and Durkheim and I accidentally clicked the tiny button next to my mouse and it went back a page and it was all DELETED.
I'm going to paraphrase now... because its too good not to talk about.
Rousseau in Social Contract (1762) wrote about man being born free then living in chains. This was written during the Enlightenment when the Church was oppressing thinkers who wanted to bring their philosophical views to government. Social order, as he states, does not come from nature but instead it comes from something sacred. Which is a way to say that it comes from that entity that flows through all of us, be it God or otherwise... Man found a means to cooperate with one another through conventions we have instilled. It seems like Social order in this context is a utopia that can be achieved, but our conventions are tainted and prevent us from being at that level that we need to achieve freewill. Strange!
Durkheim in Rules of the Sociological Method (1895) believed that people are coerced to follow the expectations of society and that it is inescapable. Like Rousseau, Durkheim also believes that the achievements of society are sacred because they are set up on pedestals by individuals and the conventions of being a part of society requires that the individual honor that Godly system of communication. He has also written about suicide, saying that it is impossible for people to escape the mirroring between society and individual. People who kill themselves from an increased fear and guilt of being alone are feeling that way because they have learned from society that they should feel that way for not being one of the pack.
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence (1776) was meant to be a promoter of individualism and government. In this piece Man has the inalienable Rights endowed by the Creator. .... I found this to be BULLSHIT that it is not saying society is sacred just like the other texts. Forms of Government are created among these Men, who are in the image of God, and the Right of the People to alter or abolish the Government to institute a new Government is nothing more than these same sacred beings deciding what is the definition of Life, Liberty, Happiness, and Security. I have faith in this document and all that it is meant to be. I think I'm just a little irate that we're trying to push this rhetorical crap on countries who do not have the same ideas as us.
-I don't like this retyping as much as the one I deleted, but it'll have to do. Goodnight!-
I'm going to paraphrase now... because its too good not to talk about.
Rousseau in Social Contract (1762) wrote about man being born free then living in chains. This was written during the Enlightenment when the Church was oppressing thinkers who wanted to bring their philosophical views to government. Social order, as he states, does not come from nature but instead it comes from something sacred. Which is a way to say that it comes from that entity that flows through all of us, be it God or otherwise... Man found a means to cooperate with one another through conventions we have instilled. It seems like Social order in this context is a utopia that can be achieved, but our conventions are tainted and prevent us from being at that level that we need to achieve freewill. Strange!
Durkheim in Rules of the Sociological Method (1895) believed that people are coerced to follow the expectations of society and that it is inescapable. Like Rousseau, Durkheim also believes that the achievements of society are sacred because they are set up on pedestals by individuals and the conventions of being a part of society requires that the individual honor that Godly system of communication. He has also written about suicide, saying that it is impossible for people to escape the mirroring between society and individual. People who kill themselves from an increased fear and guilt of being alone are feeling that way because they have learned from society that they should feel that way for not being one of the pack.
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence (1776) was meant to be a promoter of individualism and government. In this piece Man has the inalienable Rights endowed by the Creator. .... I found this to be BULLSHIT that it is not saying society is sacred just like the other texts. Forms of Government are created among these Men, who are in the image of God, and the Right of the People to alter or abolish the Government to institute a new Government is nothing more than these same sacred beings deciding what is the definition of Life, Liberty, Happiness, and Security. I have faith in this document and all that it is meant to be. I think I'm just a little irate that we're trying to push this rhetorical crap on countries who do not have the same ideas as us.
-I don't like this retyping as much as the one I deleted, but it'll have to do. Goodnight!-
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I agree with you. We should be more focused on creating a stronger society within our borders - not trying to expand them into countries that are running themselves, just so the New World Order types can have more ground to control.