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The scope of Political Science implies its jurisdiction or subject matter. Political Science is a very wide and comprehensive subject. There is no agreement among the Political Scientists as regard to the scope of Political Science. Despite this disagreement, we may make an attempt to define the scope of Political Science which includes the followings: 1. A study of the State and Government: Political Science primarily studies the problems of the State and government. The state is defined as a group of people organised for law within definite territory. The State possesses four characteristics, viz. Population, territory, government and sovereignty. Government is an agent of the Stale. Political Science studies the activities of the State and explains the aims and objectives of the State and government. Image Source: d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net ADVERTISEMENTS:…

Increased the control of the British Government over the Company and its affairs in India. A Board of Control consisting of six members including two Cabinet Ministers was set up by the British Parliament to look after the civil, military and revenue affairs of the Company.Besides a secret Committee of Directors was also set up, which would send important orders to India directly. ADVERTISEMENTS: This Act laid foundation of a centralized administration, whereby Parliament’s control over the Company was tightened.In India the number of members in the Governor-General’s Council was reduced from four to three. The reduction in the number of councillors and the provision in the Act for the Governor-General to cast vote, ensured that he could have his will in any matters pertaining to India, if he had…

The history of Hasting’s Governor-Generalship would be in­complete without a brief reference to his relations with the council and the trial of Nanda Kumar. Hastings troubles knew no end since the arrival of the councillors appointed under the Regulating Act.Of them Francis, Monson and Clavering formed a triumverate bitterly hostile to Hastings methods which he always wrapped in secrecy and which excited their suspicions.Barwell alone supported him but as decisions were to be by a majority vote Hastings was generally overouted. Some relief followed the death of Monson in September 1776, for then Hastings with his casting vote could carry his proposals. cdn.publishyourarticles.net ADVERTISEMENTS: The death of Clavering however, in August, 1777 gave Hastings complete mastery. Francis left alone could do nothing. The Hostility between Francis and Hastings was anything…

According to the Upanishadic philosophy the following were accepted as the principal aims of education for the students in the Gurukul:1. Acquisition of the Supreme Knowledge2. Physical Development ADVERTISEMENTS: 3. Character Building4. Complete Development5. Individual and Social Development6. Spiritual Development ADVERTISEMENTS: 7. Education for CultureWe shall explain these, in brief, as below: Image Source: cdn.publishyourarticles.net 1. The aim of acquisition of the supreme knowledge: ADVERTISEMENTS: This amounted to acquiring that knowledge which could help one to forget worldly pleasures and understand the Brahma (God), in other words, to attain immortality. This kind of knowledge was considered above everything else. It was to be different from virtue, vice, cause and effect and the past and present 2. The physical development aim: For achieving this goal the student had to live in…

(1) Both ethics and politics are related to human behavior: Man is a social animal. Aristotle called him a political animal. Every man is a part of some society and political organization.Thus, ethical behavior is closely related to government lays down rights and duties of the citizens. Social ethics is to quite a large extent, affected by the government Image Source: wired.com (2) Both politics and ethics deal with norms: ADVERTISEMENTS: Both of them study human behavior and give laws for it. Politics lays down laws to organize individuals and groups in order to bring about mass improvements. On the other hand, ethics makes laws, aimed at the attainment of the ultimate good for the individual.It can be said that political laws should be of such a nature that they…