Malayao, Rofelyn-Jhoy R.

January 13, 2020

BSA 1-9 – Politics, Governance and Citizenship Calata, Erickson D.

Politics: No One is a Fool

“Man is by nature a political animal.”

Probably no one will deny the fact that everyone has heard the phrase from their philosophy
professor or maybe read the infamous political philosophy from one of their references for their
Understanding the Self subject. Nevertheless, Aristotle, the father of political science, was the one who
refer man as ‘Zoon Politicon’ or political animal on the part one of his book entitled “Politics” in explaining
that the very nature of the man is to live in a society, upholding moral concepts that promotes justice.

To answer the questions “why does perspective important in politics? and the roles perspective play
in politics?” to begin with, there is politics because of mankind – man as a rational being act and decide
base on their perspective of which will result in an optimal level of benefit. Meanwhile, politics involves
making a common decision for a group of people. With this alone we can say that man and his perspective
is always inevitably connected with politics. Which is why perspective or the mental view of a person is
important to politics because as existing political animal, people are becoming a man to promote the
common good for ourselves and our neighbors at will.

Adding to this, as people principally perceived things differently, it creates social forces that
continually hones politics and the government in developing social change that is ought to cater each one’s
moral aspirations and ideals. However, people are still in dispute that creates division from those called pro
administration and leftist, and a coalition of conservatives from disaffected democrats. The duty of effective
politics is to bring those disparate groups in their common grounds, to recognize different people and
addressing their diversity through diverging but unbiased ways. It is attainable because at the end of the
day the common desire is to attain peace and common good.

One’s perspective is important as it holds someone’s integrity depending on what he/she believes
in. Each one is the owner of her own political stand, rest assured that he/she is also fully capable of
defending it in future times with facts and not fabricated information. There are two things that no one
should never be ignorant when it comes to perspective and politics, first, the law. Second, is becoming
aware of how some use their political power to deceive the other, and make them believe that they are
fighting with the state. But in reality, they are palavós aggressively doing things for their own benefit.

Indeed, no one is a fool in their owns eyes but ask your opposition maybe you are… blind.