Chapter TWO Modern Ideologies and Political Philosophy I. Ideologies Ideology is a set of ideas that are related and that modify one another; that is, an organized set of ideas about something. From the personal point of view, an ideology helps us to make sense reasonably easily and quickly of the varied political questions that come to our attention. Publicly, in politics, we are typically concerned to convince others that a policy we favor is …showed first 75 words of 1673 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1673 total…like democracy because selfish rule by a single person was worse than selfish rule by a large number Early Christian writers. Saint Augustine- argued that government was made necessary by humanity's sinfulness and that only once we were without sin could we be ruled by God. Government was a necessary evil, which at least produced internal order for sinful humanity. Nicocolo Machivavelli- The Prince: a king should be ruthless and pragmatic, not swayed by morality