The topic is:
John Stuart Mill argued that conflict and the opposition of ideas and social forces was a precondition of moral as well as political progress. Sigmund Freud rejected the image of human rationality found in classic liberals such as Mill, arguing instead that the price we pay for civilization is discontent. Discuss, explaining the strengths and possible weaknesses of their theories.
Guidelines:
I am interested in your own analysis, supported by quotations or paraphrased passages from the appropriate required readings no outside sources should be used.
The sources that must be used are:
Sigmund Freud, Civilaztion and Its Discontents, trans. James Strachey, Norton,1961. (Chapter 1-8)
Mill, “on liberty” chapters 1-2. I WILL UPLOAD THIS DOCUMENT
Mill‘s essay, “A Few Words on Non-Intervention,” ( can be found online) Feel free to skim the first ten (of twenty) pages of the essay. We will focus on the second half of the essay, beginning with “There seems to be no little need…” on p. 11/20. Pease read pp. 11-19 very carefully.
