Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rationality, Gender Pay Gap, Justice As Fairness
7 Dec 2015
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It"s a social; you need at least two people. Social process or activity in which people with conflicting views reach binding decisions in which become enforced and obeyed. A territorial community, a territory defined by its borders. Includes a sovereignty, a final decision making authority. Enforce the law through threat of violence. Able to get what you want, you have power. Influencing others behaviours, to do what you want. Power can take several forms: influence, hard power. Carrots (economic sanctions, taxes: soft power. Getting people to want what you want. The right to do so legitimately, the right to punish people who disobey. If someone claims they represent the state, they have the power to enforce and kill another human life legitimately. Thought experiment: imagine there were no states? . What hobbes claims? without a state of human kind. In the natural state there is no state. The worst possible situation is where we live in a situation.
