POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Deductive Reasoning
4 Oct 2015
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Why is politics so hard to define: politics is often seen in a negative light, associated with conflict and corruption. It can also be seen in a positive light, as a calling to improve the lives of the people that politicians represent. Thursday, september 17, 2015 to do so, or because they have the authority to do so. Aristotle"s six-fold classification system: aristotle (384 322 bce) argued that a government could be judged by the degree it is ruled in the interests of all, as opposed to the interests of some small section of the population. 3 proper forms of government and three deviant forms monarchy was his preferred form: aristotle classified democracy: deviant form that the rule of many in their own interests would be a bit better than mob rule. Thursday, september 17, 2015: on what grounds they can or cannot be justified.
