Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Direct Democracy, Atheism, Radical Criticism
15 May 2020
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An introduction to political philosophy chapter 3 pages 62-77 notes. If ruling is a skill, and a skill that can only be attained by the few, then democracy seems plainly absurd or irrational. It is unsafe to assume that democracy is a way of making individual interests or preferences known. Voting and the common good: the problem with mixed-motivation voting seems to force us to decide which type of motivation voters should have. An introduction to political philosophy chapter 3 pages 77-104 notes. Rousseau and the general will: plato, we saw, argue that ruling requires a special training/education and. Sovereign, but the executive or government: the executive arranges day-to-day administrations, and rousseau"s view is that it would be absurd to organize this task democratically, in the sense of involving universal active participation. Elected aristocracy = rousseau"s preferred arrangement: rousseau"s rulers do not have the power to make laws (key difference between.
