1. Since every man’s aims are different, we can always say that a man’s choice is rational because he aims at it. But in this way we will fall in a tautological conclusion that every man’s behavior is always rational. What’s Downs’s solution to this problem? Do you think the solution solves the problem well?(6)
2. Facing the problem of false personification and over-individualism in previous economic models of government, what model does Downs use to avoid it? Does this model have other problems? If so, how does Downs solve those problems?(17)
3. The author talks about the normative implications of the model. However, as we know, this model has a lot of qualifications that confine itself from the real world. Thus do you think the testing of normative rules works well? (32)
4. Under the condition of coalition government, according to Downs’s analyses, voters have three types of voting behavior: 1) they fail to choose a government; 2) they make their choice without full deliberation process; 3) voters simply choose their favorite party. It seems that none of these three types of voters behave rationally. As for this phenomenon, Downs uses the factor of complexity and difficulty of being rational to explain this problem. However, it seems that this explanation makes the model fall into tautological problem. What do you think of this? (152)
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1. no. rationality means logic. like if your aim is voting someone good to your community, and u finally vote someone against ur community, ur vote is not rational. What lead u to vote for someone against ur community...maybe by the media manipulation or your prejudices....humans r unpredictable.
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