POLI 365 Lecture Notes - Expansionism, Status Quo, Connecticut Compromise
18 Feb 2013
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Rights, freedom, liberty (majority trumped individual rights historically) Majority rule* (contentious because rights and majority rule not necessarily compatible) Quite different from what we associate with democracy in reality. Archy-arche: different connotation of rule than kratia; carries connotations of legitimacy; so have a right to rule whereas kratia has connotations of force, so it is coercive and threatening. Need to make democracy a form of legitimate government vindicate the term. King ruling in tandem with a council of nobles called the aeropagus, which was a hereditary nobility and had an advisory capacity for the monarch. Indicates deliberation and discussion still have a role in a monarchy some limitations of the monarch. Role of monarch declined over time as the aeropagus expands and there is an assembly. Assembly during monarchy of some sort but not much known- some sort of citizen body. Who is allowed to participate: determined by wealth, which was determined by how much land you had.
