POL SCI 21A Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Public Choice, Intestacy, Human Nature
11 Dec 2018
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Politics defined making of a common decision for a group of people through power. Coercive: x forces y to do something that y did not want to do (through threat of force). flaws: Against concept of morality (golden rule, people will be more likely to the weak retaliate (example in thomas hobbes the leviathan) Persuasive: x convinces y that what x wants is what y wants (they want the same thing) treat you well if you are good, etc. ) flaws: X and y have different ideologies (so y will not agree) Incentive: x shows y that y will be better off in some way if y does what x wants flaws: Manifest versus implicit power: family and henry ii examples m: sees x do it i: y does what x wants but observer does not see x do it knights kill a man because of king"s offhanded comment. Two views of politics both right according to shively.
