Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Equity Sharing, Nepotism
8 Mar 2018
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Life of understanding -> life of philosophy. Few people are going to attain this. Bad life: unphilosophical life - most of population. Inward facilities that we have mind their own business and do their own functions. Everyone in this polity can access justice. More important than first once because it is more accessible, everyone can be who they are and that will lead to stability. If you can be philosopher, you should be. God like - understand justice in all forms while others are just following rules. They are going to be agathos, plato rejects warriors as agathos. Not driven by high status and honor - problems when leaders are driven by these traits. Courage and desire for honor does not overwhelm their reason. Reasoning: not interested in being rulers, ruling is comedown. Need basics: food, shelter, water - provided by polity. Do not need material goods: status, money, honor, big house/ownership of house, elaborate food/clothes -> shared ownership.
