POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nationstates, Top Type, Guerrilla Warfare

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 360
• Professor: T.V.Paul

Document Summary

Liberals believe that human nature can be perfected through education, institutions, etc. Humans are the only species that considers things on moral terms. Right" and wrong" do not exist for animals, although they can show compassion. Animals can engage in aggressive behaviour, but they have no knowledge as to why they are doing it; they just need to eat. Individuals meant to have some understanding of reasons and consequences of such behaviours. With animals, intra-species fighting does exists, but often not till death. For humans, running away is considered shameful; question of whether running away is rational. To infringe/trespass on group territory can produce a fight, only winner will remain in the area. People can lose their home territory, but the desire to take it back remains, even facing death. The more civilized the group is, the greater the likelihood to substitute group territory for individual land. Intra-species violence; humans tend to fight their own kind.