PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Paternalism, Compulsory Voting, Justin Trudeau
17 Mar 2018
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Democracy is government by the people in the form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 123/195 countries in the world pretend that the people are in charge: 123 countries have democracy. If not everyone can control the ship then everyone cannot be a part of the government. Requires us to hand the rule of the community to people who are untrained and would not do well with it: recipe for disaster. Politi(cid:272)al leaders jo(cid:271) is to (cid:862)look out for their go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) What is needed of a political leader is a life-long goal. This is the most influential theory of leadership: proved to be positive, very influential in structuring political leadership. Influential in areas of leadership outside of politics: health care, coaches in sports, military leadership, prison, religious leaders.
