PHILOS 2G03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tyrant, Nonviolent Resistance, Moral Authority

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHILOS 2G03
• Professor: Diane Enns

Document Summary

Political power is associated with the capacity for violence and aggression. Arendt, ghandi, king and sharpe offer another perspective: talk about power in different ways, power, is created when people act together in solidarity w/o resorting to violence against injustice and inequality. Distinctions b/w these authors: arendt power is the opposite of violence. Violence is simply a tool it can be used by governments or leaders who are losing power. Power is the support of the people or their consent it has to do with action, people acting together, in concert. Power is political for arendt, it has to do with people exercising a voice and having a say in how they are to live. A tyrant has to have the support of the people or it becomes powerless. She is not a revolutionary actor like ghandi and mlk. Arendt"s views on violence are different but this has nothing to do with their views on power.