POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Protestant Work Ethic, Well-Order, Normative Economics
24 Mar 2016
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Lecture 02 power, authority, legiimacy, & the state. Aristotle = grandfather of poli sci not plato: ruling - poliics is for ciizens not subjects. Essence of poliical rule = ruling among equals. Poliics = limited vs. slavery = unlimited: good life. Good ethics (as an individual) must = poliics (in a community) to be good. Modern poli sci not directed towards good life & isn"t value free . Underlying poli sci is moral/ethical values for everyday life: human nature zoon poliikon. Be the best we can be by thriving within a poli community. Maximal interpretaion: poli paricipaion is a fulillment of human nature. Minimal interpretaion: human achievement premised on well-ordered poli community. Fathers of social science karl marx, emile durkheim, max weber. -- summary of the reading starts here --- Max weber major contribuions: raionalizaion thesis. Instrumentalizaion: cost beneit analysis of ppl"s everyday aitudes. Ex. world = honour dominated (earn respect from irraional noions) raional gov"t.
