Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Meritocracy, Mixed Government, Koinonia

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2237E
• Professor: Richard Vande Wetering

Document Summary

Human nature good life political institutions and what they deliver on based on our idea of the good life. Political institutions: household (oikos) most basic institution we have according to aristotle, most important institution in the polity, p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)es (cid:373)ost e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:449)ealth fo(cid:396) a polis, (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) it"s a fishe(cid:396), fa(cid:396)(cid:373)e(cid:396) o(cid:396) pirate. Every polis is a community = koinonia: pursues a good every institution is there to serve a purpose. Institutions emerge to meet a need that has not been filled: partners are bound together bound together by socialbility because we are social and want to be with other people. Also bound together by ideas of justice and equality: each of the partners are free (?) Idea of koinonia links polis with justice, etc. Vital to achieve the good life to get a good, just police that is not fleeting, rather long-lasting and stable. Books 2 3 7 8 early aristotle, 1 4 5 6 are political science.