POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural And Legal Rights, Economic Determinism, Civil Society
5 May 2016
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Ancient greeks n many attribute the founding of political science to plato n greek; student of socrates n 4th century b. c. Philosopher n most famous work the republic n grapples with the questions of: n how to live the good life n what an ideal state would look like n what it means to be a just individual . Ancient greeks n aristotle is believed to be the first empirical political scientist (verifiable findings and data as opposed to solely theory) n greek; student of plato n 4th century b. c. Philosopher n was both descriptive and normative n descriptive what is n normative what ought to be n when remembering the difference, think: descriptive; prescriptive. The contractualists n thomas hobbes, john locke, jean-jacques rousseau n all studied why political systems should exist n all believed that humans, at least in principle, had joined in & were bound to a social contract.
