PSC 3315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Majoritarianism
22 Feb 2016
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Lecture #10 [2/10] document: scientific man by morgenthau. There"s no scientific answer to these questions. What kinds of standards can we use to evaluate political action: what is going to make most people happy most of the time, can be used to battle competing goods. Sitting on the edge of the fray, you can"t claim political credibility to. Under this standard, the leader is doing nothing; politically dormant justice. Dual standard: who you are as a political figure is not who you are as an individual. Machiavelli knows you can tap into this with princes. Hold states to one morality, people to another morality standard: morgenthau objects to this that states make such a concerned argument to justify their actions on a moral basis. Whether the actions are on behalf of the person or state, morgenthau argues that the actions are always driven by men (the individual). Asks why states look back on personal logic to guide them.
