Politics is the highest form of virtuous activity and it’s a development and improvement for the citizens. The purpose of a good man Aristotle believes is that politics is worth it for a happy men and perfect nation. He believes that men survive best in society where there are rules. Politics can fulfill their potential. Need for possession is knowledge.
However, Aristotle actually illustrates how the separation of powers actually contributes to those in the powerful standpoint remain at a powerful standpoint. They created this structure of separation of powers to make the citizens believe that they could not abuse their power while in fact they are all linked together in their higher power and all friends. Therefore, they are still in some way or form abusing their power. Aristotle believes the only to avoid this abuse of power would be to divide the office not only from one another but in different parts of society so that not only the rich can be a part of it but the lower class
The sailors are the politicians who are only motivated by self-interest so only want control of the state of Athens. They will achieve this by persuading the people, who cannot know any better, so that they can have power and leave the state without purpose. Plato believes that the ship (and the state) has a higher purpose than just a drunken pleasure cruise. Here Plato is clearly showing that the model of democracy used in Athens at the time does not fulfil what he believes is the purpose of the state. He also shows that the people cannot know what is good for them in the long run and will only chose politicians and laws that seem a good idea at the time, without considering the consequences.
It would ban the political use of money deducted from paychecks by unions or corporations. And it would ban government contractors from contributing to the campaigns of public officials who control the awarding of those contracts (The Sun). By eliminating the payroll deduction union members contributions to political activity will be their decision. Proposition 32 would cut money ties between big unions and politicians and also gets corporate big money out of the politician’s pocket. The measure will curb unions’ outsized political influence everywhere, too often resulting in laws that benefit union members over the interest of all Californians.
431–352 bce), suggested a contempt for commoners in charge, indicating the fiction of the unity presented by Pericles. In addition, the defensive strategy withdrew the citizenship behind the city's walls with the intention of relying upon maritime trade for foodstuffs to outlast Sparta's armies in the field. Unfortunately for many displaced aristocratic farmers, this policy allowed the destruction of their family holdings and livelihood. Thus Pericles' Funeral Oration did not merely praise the noble dead but also served to contrast the political and social systems of Athens and Sparta. Pericles seized the opportunity to promote the benefits of democracy and to extol its virtues in the face of the aristocratic forces that idolized the Spartan system.
Education essential for good government—teach people to be good citizens. 3. Democracy is “mob rule,” yet also said power should not be located in a power autocrat. Believed in philosopher-kings—the smartest lovers of knowledge
In the eulogy, Pericles praises Athens, describing what makes it great and galvanizing its citizens. About the Athenian government, he observes, “Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institutions of our neighbours. It is more the case of ours being a model to others, than of our imitating anyone else” (2.37). He goes on to explain how everyone in Athens “[I]s equal before the law” and adds that “[J]ust as our political life is free and open, so is our day-to-day life in our relations with each other” (2.37). Pericles continues, discussing Athenian attitude towards military security, the educational system, the city’s bravery, and its relationship with other nations.
Political parties were not used by the government in Greece, but they did believe that if the public officials were elected by popular vote then there was a great possibility that the richest and most famous citizen would be elected. The Greeks use the sortition
29 Nov. 2012. Why is this article political? (0 points if not political) It is political because it shows how the government in Vietnam works. There is still communism and no such think like free speech, what is described in this article. It also shows how government and police is involved in people private life, trying to control them and force them to think what they want them to think.
Nothing in the projects were easy for them, and they had to stick together to survive. Venkatesh found out that no one was happy in the projects but had no choice or voice since the gangs the voice or powerful women like