POL S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sophist, Hoplite, Henry David Thoreau
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The study of political institutions/behavior in the u. s. The study of relations between countries in the world. The study of the basic definition of political institutions/behavior and political thought. Sometimes giving one"s due would not be just. Justice must exist in the system, not at the individual level. Notes from in class: caused trouble brought up just . Point of politics to make world better place. Plato: political order, society must be structured for justice. Justice does not come down to individual behavior. Power and force: everyone has talents, art to being an athlete, art to teaching. It is hard for one to act justly when the world itself is not just. Go to market, conversation on justice, what would it look like. Giving one"s due: what if someone was suicidal but you had to give them back their gun. It"s not a good thing to do bad things to your enemies and good things to your friends.
