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Weber (POL1) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - belief in the validity of legal statute and competence based on rationally created rules
        
        Modern societies increasingly rely on legal-rational authority due to its stability and predictability.
    - - personal devotion to the qualities of leadership of an individual
      - positives: 1. grants leaders a personal, unique appeal. 2.can become institutionalised, becoming part of the social fabric and endure beyond leader's tenure
      - negative: weak institutions may falter when the leader leaves
      - examples: JFK over Nixon, Trump over Clinton, Monk of Florence
      - meaning of charisma as a 'gift of God', taking it into service of public good
    - - exercised by the patriarch and nobles
        
        less prevalent in modern societies
  - - - subjective
      - solely relying on it could lead to irrationality and disregard for consequences
      - idealism clashes with practical realities
      - link to Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12)
    - - consequentialist, leaders must weigh impact of their decisions on society
      - pragmatic
    - - Although it seems he leaned more towards ethic of responsibility for politics due to practicality
        
        the true vocation of politics presupposes both responsibility and conviction on the part of the politician.
      - conflict between spheres of politics and ethics AND within the ethical spheres of politics
        
        he rejected idea politics could build on ethical foundations
    - - Shamima Begum, Citizenship
      - Angela Merkel, European Migrant Crisis
  - - - considered professional politicians as those who dedicate themselves to political activities, making it their primary vocation
        
        professional politicians are deeply involved in the political process.
  - - - corresponds neatly to the combination of conviction-based goal-setting and thorough calculation of consequences which characterises the politician committed to an ethic of responsibility.
- - - - however, different from Hobbes because he says the state must be accepted in the context of its time (historizes it)
      - Hobbes - people SHOULD submit to the state
      - Weber - people MUST submit to the state
      - the relationship between the 2 ruling institutions = government
    - - pursuit of power can be driven by various motives
        
        idealism
        
        personal gain
        
        sense of duty
  - - - Every state is founded on force (Trotsky)
        
        Force not only the means but is specific to the state
      - Only the state can confirm legitimacy
        
        State's legitimacy depends on how it responsible use of force
      - His account of the state is sociological and functional
  - - - saw rationalization as eroding the deeper meaning and purpose in people’s lives.
    - - Both rationalisation and bureaucratisation have removed the 'human' element from politics
  - - - especially true for domestic politics due to Weber's identification of legitimate authority
- - - - link back to the necessity to strike balance between 2 types of ethics for a political leader