Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moral Development, Oligarchy, Aristocracy
3 Oct 2016
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Our time is less violent than any period in human history. In ancient history there was 15% of dying in war. Chance of dying went from 15% - 3% in the 18th century. 2. spread of commerce (better to trade, than kill people) 3. spread of reason: moral development of human beings- empathy (coming to know people aren"t different from each other), aggressive warfare is pointless (makes you poor) Demonstrations (e. g massive protests in toronto for g8) Policy decisions (e. g. policy decisions; nuclear, environment, health, eduction policy etc) Law-making (e. g. making rules, taxes, how should money be spent, relationship between different levels(government)). Dominican republic has 74 of its reserve parks. It is a social process in which individuals with con icting views reach binding decisions that are enforced. Tyranny/monarchy tyranny-just one person ruling basically for himself. Polity-ruled by many in the interest of everyone. Sovereignty ( nal decision making authority), including monopoly of legitimate violence.
