POL S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes
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Williams advocates for political realism over political moralism. William associates political moralism with contemporary thinker rawls. Suggests that whatever relationship we find ourselves in with the government, it is going to be better than political participation. Shouldn"t clamor for political freedom and mass democratic participation. Just having peace and security should ultimately be enough. Political moralism: the ide that politics is a vehicle for morality. Political actors should aspire to realizing and achieving moral good. Asking how we make moral principles a political reality. Making moral commitments into laws (making laws based on what it is good and moral to do) Recognizing some kind of moral good in our society, and trying to make it a political principle that is real for everyone. "political theory formulates principles, concepts, ideals, and values " (pg. Principles of justice that tell us how society should function fundamentally. How we can figure out and move along in society.
