PO217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersubjectivity, Normative Economics, Empiricism
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An aim to the scientific approach to politics is to use critical thought as a guide to our perceptions of the political world. Attempts to provide a method whereby observations of the political worlds can we relatively independent of the observer. Most political research falls short of the goal of providing similar observations and interpretation of political reality. Normative and empirical analysis: two dominant forms of political analysis: normative and empirical analysis, normative analysis: the realism of political theory and philosophy, is prescriptive in nature and addresses how society and political life should be. Entails the discussion of ideals and is infused with value judgements and preferences. The position that one sees as true depends on their own values and the diction is normative, not factual. We can determine normative analysis by the use of value term: ex. good, bad, right, wrong, should: empirical analysis:
