Final blog- political philosophy

When I hear the word "politics", or "political philosophy  I kind of roll my eyes. However, after taking this class and reading our assignments each week, I really began to see how precedents were set long, long ago for the way that the political world operates today. Each piece that we read is somehow still relevant to the world today and how our governments are formed and interact. For example, in the readings about MLK and all the readings from week 7, ideas and issues are discussed in which one person stands up for what is right when it is an unpopular stance. Those people set standards for right and wrong and how much people would take before they said enough. That in particular I think is a huge aspect of today's political world- standing up for right and wrong even when the odds are against you, and feeling free to argue your point. All of the readings we were assigned throughout the semester really showed how governments don't just make their own way of doing things, they learn from the people and events of that past.