"Lec 23 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America" Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) Professor Smith discusses the moral and psychological components of the democratic state in the context of Tocqueville's Democracy in America. He goes on to explore the institutional development of the democratic state, the qualities of the democratic individual, and the psychological determinants of the democratic character. The ethic of self-interest is addressed, understood as an antidote to an ethic of fame and glory. Finally, Tocqueville is presented as a political educator and his views on the role of statesmen in a democratic age are expounded. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State 04:32 - Chapter 2. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Compassion 15:17 - Chapter 3. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Anxiety 22:19 - Chapter 4. Moral and Psychological Features of the Democratic State: Self-Interest 33:44 - Chapter 5. Democratic Statecraft Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2006.
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Lec 1 - Introduction: What is Political Philosophy?
Lec 2 - Socratic Citizenship: Plato's Apology
Lec 3 - Socratic Citizenship: Plato's Crito
Lec 4 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, I-II
Lec 5 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, III-IV
Lec 6 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, V
Lec 7 - The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle's Politics, I, III
Lec 8 - The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle's Politics, IV
Lec 9 - The Mixed Regime and the Rule of Law: Aristotle's Politics, VII
Lec 10 - New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli's The Prince (chaps. 1-12)
Lec 11 - New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli's The Prince (chaps. 13-26)
Lec 12 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes' Leviathan
Lec 13 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes' Leviathan
Lec 14 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes' Leviathan
Lec 15 - Constitutional Government: Locke's Second Treatise (1-5)
Lec 16 - Constitutional Government: Locke's Second Treatise (7-12)
Lec 17 - Constitutional Government: Locke's Second Treatise (13-19)
Lec 18 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's Discourse
Lec 19 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's Discourse
Lec 20 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's Social Contract, I-II
Lec 21 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Lec 22 - Democratic Statecraft: Tocqueville's Democracy in America