Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dwayne Johnson
9 Sep 2016
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Therefore people who fail at good life are unjust. Just world theory: people get what they deserve: agathos indispensible person for welfare, prosperity, security etc. key being for unit, [the shorter this list is will be a better good life] Another connection: political institutions (for protection: ancients v. moderns, ancients- warrior clients, plato- empires, churches, moderns- states, sovereign territorial state (only power within that state with fixed borders, stark difference in trade, commerce and finance. Greeks are hostile to trade/ commerce (pirates are more respectable than bankers- aristotle) Just world theory: agathos (people who are valued more and are indispensible) For greeks: someone like dwayne johnson would be more indispensible because of physical abilities. For modern: computer geeks more indispensible nowadays because of the increase in technology: brazil- government institutions deemed beauty to be something everything should have a right to.
