Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Collective Action, Oligarchy
9 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Lecture 2: politics, power, authority, and the state. Political philosophy: basis of political opinion on topics related to government. Conceptual analysis: job of working out what people mean when they say things. Provides tools for politicians/students to work out what we really think about our guiding principles and values. Expository: provides you with both sides to let you come up with own conclusion: understand why you hold certain political views, and in turn reasons why others may reject them. John rawls: inequalities in the distribution of income/wealth are justified only if those inequalities help over time to maximize the income/wealth enjoyed by the worst off within society. Ideal theory: what the ideal society would be: utopian v. realist critic, equality of opportunity, tell us what ideal society would look like and explain why that kind of society would be ideal. First tutorial reading: ethics and public policy 1-10, jonathan wolff (question or general sense)
