POSC 101 Lecture 8: Lecture #8- Posc 101
22 Dec 2018
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Equality and liberty- one principle of liberty and democratic justice (aka majority rule) (page 80); democratic justice= equality (pg 80); democrats and oligarchs idea of justice- both are flawed. We want parts of democracy but not all of democracy (aristotle thinks it"s the worst kind) Elections are part of a democracy, no property qualifications to be in office, you can be a citizen to run for office, tenure of offices, not hold the same position in office often, all should judge (jury duty) It"s more difficult to make the rich understand than the poor (pg 81) (ex. Poor person sees a lamborghini and wants it. Constitutional government- polity as a fusion of oligarchy and democracy (pg 83); two parts of good government (pg 83); true union when you can call a state both names (pg. 84); maintaining the constitution no matter what (pg 84)
