01:790:101 Lecture 3: 9-10-15 notes

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: 01:790:101
• Professor: Eric Bronner

Document Summary

Best to be feared and loved, but we can"t always have both, so go with fear. Best to have great arms and laws, but if can only have one take arms. Max weber: at its root, the state needs to have a monopoly over the means of coercion. When dealing with another party you make the assumptions that you"re both greedy, then look for objective issues that you can make deals on. Partially in order to determine where their real interests lie. According to machiavelli, need to look at material interests rather than beliefs. Important to take into consideration appearance and reality: the prince always has to appear just and good, but that doesn"t necessarily mean that they have to be just and good. American politics is almost designed on purpose not to make sense. Lack of concern for rationality, logic, and morals.