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It is publicly directed.
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It is public spirited.
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It is concerned with the common good.
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Contrast that with today's political science.
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Today, it seems, political scientists are more
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concerned with advancing the abstract truths of science and
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claims about creating a methodologically rigorous and pure
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science of politics, where Aristotle is more concerned
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with the regime.
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Modern political science, in many ways, claims to stand above
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or apart from the regime, to be objective,
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to be disinterested, as if it were viewing human affairs