The author believes that Politics, virtue and development are essential snippets, that as a whole leads toward the betterment of humanity. The author is also of the opinion that progression could be achieved with the proper political implications.
In a nutshell, I chose this passage because of the recent “fiscal cliff” dilemma. How ironic that the author regarded Politics as the theme of advancement. Contrary to the author’s stance, I believe that presently, political grandstanding is the reason for most of our problems. It is becoming a stumbling block. Basically, everyone is beholden to special interests groups, and not the citizens that voted them into office, to do the “peoples’ work.”
Hi Latoya. I'm the author of the passage you quoted, so I'm summing up what the Puritans thought but its not their exact words. You might be right it might be an obsolete idea of politics, its an idea inherited from Aristotle. Today people call it "communitarianism" as opposed to "liberalism." Most people don't find it to be a very persuasive alternative though.
ReplyDeleteIn modern politics virtue is often very far from most politicians reasoning. I feel that even today politics is used to remove obstacles, whether it be some form of red tape or "removing" humans from certain occupations (certain bills and laws or budget cuts) or neighborhoods (gentrification). Progress CAN be made with proper implications but there would have to be a lot of re-structuring and tons of new forms of checks and balances. In closing, I do very much agree with you that "the people" are getting the short end of the stick in many politically motivated situations, this is something we as a generation should work on changing together.
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