PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Well-Order, The Wrong People, Group Cohesiveness
10 Nov 2016
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Week ten phil 1010 introduction to philosophy november 7th. Making political decisions in the interest of the state requires judgement and skills. Society is impossible unless the kings become philosophers or philosophers become king. Guardians should be placed in positions where opportunities for corruption minimize. Guardians agree to rule to avoid being ruled on by other people (no one can stop them) Plato"s society contains no guarantees that the guardians will be able to resist temptation. Plato claims that the rulers need expert knowledge. The point of voting is to register opinion about what is best for the state as a whole. If one doesn"t want to choose between mixed-motivation voting there is two models: one in which voters vote in accordance with their preferences, voters vote in accordance with their estimates or opinions of common good. Condorcet"s argument: individuals must have a better-than-even chance of being right, each individual must be motivated to vote according to their common good.
