POLI 1001 Chapter : Political Science 1001
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Three course objectives: where does politics come from, athens- greeks, jerusalem- israelites, foundation of who we are, the discovery of self, learning how to think, bloom"s taxonomy, levels of thinking. What is politics: search for order- safety, security, contracts, realism cant go through life (contract) More modern way of thinking: search of right order- justice, idealism, reason, values in life ( that"s not fair ) Political consciousness = self-conscious, deliberate, rational search for moral order. A consciousness of self leads to concern for individual rights/conscience: consciousness of others leads to concern for obligations of citizenship/duty, the emergence of political consciousness is the story of the movement from tribal civilization to individuated civilization. American medical association) very few talked of gods and have rituals: city crowded, reason & law rules where founded and impacting, modern with reason, technology, and rational insight, logas- rational thinking and liberal .
