Political Power
Political Power
Many political philosophers would argue that political science is nothing more than the study of political decision-making and how it affects the daily lives of the populous. Politically, having the ability to influence others is a very strong power that beckons responsibility. In order to obtain this, one must be able to convince others that what is being requested or instructed is being done in the best interest of the person and populous, in the name of the common good. Political power creates a foundation in our lives, through persuasion, manipulation, and our own morality, by which we are instructed about what we "ought to do."
Political power exercises the art of persuasion. In the play Gorgias, written by Plato, this art is described in its complexity as rhetoric. Rhetoric, according to Gorgias, is "the art of persuasive public speech." Gorgias also describes rhetoric as being the "good and evil in political activity." Gorgias believed that rhetoric was best used, responsibly, in a political environment. This is because political environments are foregrounds for separate entities to battle for which opinion is right. Hence, making politics war. Another example of this power is the household. Parents play an influential and persuasive political role in their household. Politics were designed for the benefits of the people, just as parental rule was in place for the good of the children. They control where their child goes and what their child does. They also have the power to control their child's mind, by conditioning him/her in a manor by which they will grow up and become a certain type of citizen. Since they have complete and total control over their home; they are rulers of their own regime. This system works like a compact dictatorship when their children are young, and a limited monarchy when their children become older teens; as their commands become helpful advice. Since rhetoric is the art of persuasion, it also exists as common
Many political philosophers would argue that political science is nothing more than the study of political decision-making and how it affects the daily lives of the populous. Politically, having the ability to influence others is a very strong power that beckons responsibility. In order to obtain this, one must be able to convince others that what is being requested or instructed is being done in the best interest of the person and populous, in the name of the common good. Political power creates a foundation in our lives, through persuasion, manipulation, and our own morality, by which we are instructed about what we "ought to do."
Political power exercises the art of persuasion. In the play Gorgias, written by Plato, this art is described in its complexity as rhetoric. Rhetoric, according to Gorgias, is "the art of persuasive public speech." Gorgias also describes rhetoric as being the "good and evil in political activity." Gorgias believed that rhetoric was best used, responsibly, in a political environment. This is because political environments are foregrounds for separate entities to battle for which opinion is right. Hence, making politics war. Another example of this power is the household. Parents play an influential and persuasive political role in their household. Politics were designed for the benefits of the people, just as parental rule was in place for the good of the children. They control where their child goes and what their child does. They also have the power to control their child's mind, by conditioning him/her in a manor by which they will grow up and become a certain type of citizen. Since they have complete and total control over their home; they are rulers of their own regime. This system works like a compact dictatorship when their children are young, and a limited monarchy when their children become older teens; as their commands become helpful advice. Since rhetoric is the art of persuasion, it also exists as common