The Federalist Papers Lesson Plan

Hamilton claims in Federalist Paper #9 that politics can be considered as a "science". Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Some students may think that this is flat wrong, and that politics is much more of an art than a science. (Said students may also recall Otto von Bismarck's affirmation that "politics is the art of the possible"). Other students may instead take issue with Hamilton's statement because it mistakenly conflates the study of politics with the practice of politics. According to these students, although it is easier to say that politics looks like a science in the abstract, when viewed under a microscope, this is not really the case when one...