POLI 2060 Final: POLI 2060 Final Exam Review
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Aristotle: politics part 1 (107-117) /part 2 (117-123. Purpose of associating with other is to obtain some good. 2 natural reasons to associate: make babies (reproduce, rule over others and be ruled. (enslave or be enslaved, people are predetermined to be rulers or slaves, capacity to rule is natural. 3typesof associations: households: make babies, enslave or be enslaved, basic unit of human life, rules together make household, village. Exists for sake of good life : polis unjust) : group of villages who grow to preserve species and exist to have a good life (just and: human life different from dog because of language, association through language makes a family and a polis. Ability to decide what is right and wrong. We can gather ourselves in any different ways. **** process of getting together and talking about what we want and how we want to live that differs use from all other animals: polis makes this possible.
