GOVT-060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Nature
6 Dec 2016
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Hans j. morgenthau, six principles of political realism . Modern political thought has two schools: a rational moral and political order can be achieved here and now; human nature is good and infinitely malleable. The failure of social order is a consequence of lack of knowledge and understanding, outdated social institutions, or the immorality of certain isolated individuals or groups. Solutions to remedy these effects include education, reform, and the sporadic use of force: the world is imperfect because of forces inherent in human nature; moral principles can never be fully realized. Historic precedents trump abstract principles; concerned with the realization of the lesser evil rather than the absolute good. This is called realism. of has not the political order to systematic a measure. Six principles of political realism: politics is governed by objective laws that have their roots in human nature.
