POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Popular Front, Paris Gun, Teleology
3 Oct 2016
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The state (the government as a whole) Argues that idealism and morality lead to ruin (better to be feared than loved) Appear moral until the time comes for actions. Important to be a monstrous ruler rather than letting politics follow the state of nature, this protects citizenry. Politics as a zero sum gain (one person"s gain is another person"s loss) On alliance formation: the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest . War consists not of the act of fighting, but when the will to contend by battle is known. Anticipation as the means to master potential enemies. Notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have no place force and fraud are in war with the two cardinal virtues . Absence of complete information of other sides" intentions = a need to assume the worst, a vicious cycle. Objectivity of the laws as politics means we can establish facts and rational theory.
