Over the next two weeks in Political Science, we will continue to examine fundamental individuals and texts that have shaped the development of political science as a discipline. We will begin by analyzing the Plato's Republic. We will then examine excerpts from Aristotle's Politics.
Please note the assignment schedule:
Tuesday 1/19 - "World of 7 Billion" Action II due at the beginning of class.
Thursday 1/23 - Questions on Plato's Republic due at the beginning of class. Each response should be a paragraph (5+ sentences) and include direct quotations from the text. Be sure to analyze and offer your own insight of each quotation included.
Monday 1/26 - "World of 7 Billion" Action III due.
Monday 2/2 - Questions on Aristotle's Politics (Book I) due at the beginning of class. Each response should be a paragraph (5+ sentences) and include direct quotations from the text. Be sure to analyze and offer your own insight of each quotation included.
Please note the assignment schedule:
Tuesday 1/19 - "World of 7 Billion" Action II due at the beginning of class.
Thursday 1/23 - Questions on Plato's Republic due at the beginning of class. Each response should be a paragraph (5+ sentences) and include direct quotations from the text. Be sure to analyze and offer your own insight of each quotation included.
- What is Cephalus’s definition of justice?
- What is Polemarchus’s definition of justice?
- What is Thrasymachus’s definition of justice?
- How does Socrates define “harm?” Why does he believe that it is never just to harm anyone?
Monday 1/26 - "World of 7 Billion" Action III due.
Monday 2/2 - Questions on Aristotle's Politics (Book I) due at the beginning of class. Each response should be a paragraph (5+ sentences) and include direct quotations from the text. Be sure to analyze and offer your own insight of each quotation included.
- How does Aristotle define the nature of a thing? What does he mean when he says that "man is by nature a political animal?" What distinguishes man from other animals?
- Aristotle considers different relations within the household: master and slave, husband and wife, and father and children. What kind of slavery does Aristotle defend? How does he defend it?
- Later in Book 1, in discussing relations between master and slave, male and female, and father and children, Aristotle states that "almost all things rule and are ruled according to nature" and that "excellence of character belongs to all of them" (Book 1, chapter 13). What are the excellences of slaves and women? How does the kind of rule differ in each case?
- Aristotle distinguishes between two types of wealth acquisition: that for the sake of household management and retail trade. What is the difference between the two?