Michael Asres
Alex Caramento
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February 27, 2012
Differentiating between Hobbes and Locke
Two of the most influential Western political theorists, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke,
are often considered similar because they both employ concepts like hu
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What is a polis
Introduction:
Polis: A species of association
- All associations come into being for the sake of good (All men do their acts w the view of
achieving something good).
- It is a compound, rather than a simple, thing. It is an association of
It is a general belief that democracy the best form of the government. The idea of a
government of the people by the people for the people is one that indorsed as the ideal form of
political system. Democracy can easily, and perhaps generally, be describe
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Fall 2016
Zerzkhane1
Ghizlane Zerzkhane
Dr. Michelle Whinney
POLS 2900
17 October 2016
What Socrates Was Trying to Achieve in His Trial
Socrates had been continuously introducing the people of Athens to new concepts and
ideas and pushing for people to question and
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Summer 2014
Kallipolis Part II
-Justice is moderation
-No one tries to take the job of another
Polemarchus
-Justice is giving each what is owed
-Guardians rule the city because that is what they are owed, they deserve it
Socrates
-Ruling is a craft
-Rulers possess a
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Function of Household
-Biological and social reproduction
-Source of material goods
Art of Getting Wealth (Economics)
-Goal is to live well
-Wealth is needed to cultivate virtue
-Better to have more, there is no natural limit
-Use value (use for purpose),
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Readings - The Republic, Books V-VII
Waves of Criticism Continued
Guardian Marriages
-Children are reared by nurses
-Incompetent/disabled children are taken to die of exposure
-Infanticide was common in Ancient Greece
-Men and women are only allowed to br
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Political Equality - Aristotle
Justice
-Equals are to be treated equally, unequals to be treated as unequals
-Inferiors are treated as inferiors
-Justice is the common benefit
-It is the goal at which politics is aimed at
-Equals receive equal shares, une
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The Socratic Elenchus
Readings - Plato, The Republic, Book I
Elenchus - central technique of Socratic method, argument of disproof, cross-examining,
testing, scrutiny
What makes someone a good person?
-Does not cheat
-Does not lie
-Does not owe money
Plat
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PLATO BOOK 1:
Elenchus: Greek word, the word that societies used.
The port was a place in the city where you can encounter new ideas
Polemarchus is a young aristocrat
Societies was out to death by the people of Athens, because he introduced new gods into
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Lecture
06/10/2016
Presentation
-can send a draft for feedback but by 12pm the day before its due24hrs before its due if you want feedback
Lecture
-politics is a realm of disagreement norms, ethics, and ideas about
what the good life is
-conceptual accoun
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Ethics - Aristotle
Friendship
1. The first is friendship based on utility, where both people derive some benefit from each other
2. The second is friendship based on pleasure, where both people are drawn to the others wit,
good looks, or other pleasant qu
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Summer 2014
The Kallipolis
Readings - Plato, The Republic, Books II through IV
Socrates discussing a utopian city, discussion of what would make the city perfect
-Listening to poems that are written in a first person narrative destroys character, it causes
imitation
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Fall 2014
Pols 2900 - Lecture 1
September 8 th 2014
Liberal education - Broad based
- Free to learn
- Education for a free person
- Promotes your freedom
- Can be improved
Cant be free f youre locked into your own perspectives.
Course: Different perspectives
- Expl
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Georgio Zikantas
11/04/16
Exam Review
POLS 2900
Part A
Name the Philosopher, explain the meaning and significance of each passage
1- As to the argument respecting the subjugation in which the sex has ever been held, it retorts
on man. The many have always
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Anam Khan
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Hailey Murphy
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Thrasymachus Account Of Justice
The conventional theory of justice is a complex concept to grasp an understanding of. It
requires a profound analysis of its origins which cannot be conducted t
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Fall 2012
POLS 2900 Final Exam Review
John Stuart Mill On Liberty
Chapter 1
Believes that an authority cannot legitimately be capable of imposing their
opinion on others, imposing private opinions is seen as manipulation or
coercion which in turn makes it evil bec
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Fall 2012
John Stuart Mill On Liberty
Chapter 1 Introductory P. 3-19
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Mills definition of social liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be
legitimately exercised by society over the individual (Mill 3)
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The struggle between liberty and authority is
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Winter 2015
POLS 2900B, September 19 Lecture Summary
As I explained last time, I will post summaries of my lectures on my Web site when I know that
students will be absent on account of a religious observance. York is normally open for business
on religious holidays;
POLS 2900 Lecture Summary, Tuesday, October 15
I picked up where I left off at the conclusion of last Thursdays lecture. On Thursday I
started Aristotles Ethics. Like Plato and Socrates, Aristotle believes that everyone really wants
to live a good life. T
Lecture summary for Tuesday, November 19
Tuesday, November 19 was a religious holiday for some students in the class, so I am posting a summay
of my lecture.
I left off last time with Machiavellis advice to the prince concerning whether it is better to be
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Summer 2014
Hobbes II: Nature, Contract + Soveregnty
1. The Natural Condition of Mankind
a) nature (not history)
-people are by nature equal
-the building blocks of society are individuals since individuals preexist society
-leviathan is the body politic
-human natur
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J.S. Mill: Defense of Liberty
1. Mills Modified utilitarianism
a. Human nature progressive
b. Qualitative distinctions between pleasures
c. virtue + happiness
2. On liberty (1859)
a. rights vs. utility
b. tyranny of majority
-a new kind of authoritarianis
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Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797
1. Context: women, enlightenment + citizenship
a. Enlightenment thinking about gender
-ideas about progress, science, education, equalty were celebrated as opposed to
religion in the sense of just adhereing to tradition. But
Perpsectives on Politics: An Introduction to Political Theory
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Winter 2013
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POLS 2900
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
LOCKES SECOND TREATISE
The State of Nature
The way Hobbes talks about the state of nature changes from chapter II to chapter IX
Locke refutes the absence of private property. He refutes that there is no private prop
Perpsectives on Politics: An Introduction to Political Theory
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
HOBBES AND THE COVENANT
Covenant
Creating a power among us strong enough so that no one can harm us- creating
something that can protect us
There is a greater chance of stability when there is one will
In the creat
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Winter 2013
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
ROUSSEAU: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Forcing one to be free: by compelling someone to arrive at a decision, they can be made
free through coercion
Rousseau did not say that the particular will is irrational or that other im
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
ROUSSEAU: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
There is the rich and the poor, and the poor becomes dependent on the rich, and the rich
compete against one another
Political states are formed commonwealths
Government
Incipient gover
