POSC 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Politeia, Direct Democracy, Aristotle
23 Feb 2018
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The concept of the political, dr. carl schmitt: Does not believe in just war or unjust war: only believes in just war or unjust war, only believes in decisions necessary for self-preservation/survival. Does not believe in just or unjust wars: only believes in decisions necessary for self-preservation/survival. Why does he define politics in the first place: politics is better and more complicated than aesthetics. No economic enterprise has ever asked anyone to die for it. Political communities represent a way of life that people associate with and could potentially die for. Dichotomies: aesthetics: pretty and ugly, moral: good and evil, economic: profitable and unprofitable, politics: friends and enemies. Schmidtt is worried about a world without politics: human life will in turn become less than serious. Ruling means the effective abilities to lay down injunctions, rules that are going to be binding on individuals as a whole. Penalties: fines, jailing, expulsion from the community.
