POLI 2051 Chapter : Lecture Chapter 1 Poli
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Government - a formally established way of making and carrying out political decisions. Politics - the competition to shape government"s impact on society"s problems and goals. Without government, we would have to exist in what some have called. Because there are benefits to being governedthe government can do. The best government is the one that is based on the consent of the. Why do we allow ourselves into this arrangement? governed. things for us the state of nature. (solitary, nasty, brutish and short) Social contract theory can guide us here to some extent. Normative - the way things ought to be. It is not a written contract, but rather, a general agreement between the people and their government. The people agree to give up some of their liberty, and in exchange the government guarantees to protect what were called natural rights (life, liberty and pursuit of happiness)
