Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Oligarchy, Meritocracy
26 Sep 2018
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Absolute pure types are not especially common. 4 types of polities particularly interest aristotle. Rule of the many, in the interest of sub-group or an individual. !1: sovereign doesn"t act very much, too busy to write lots of laws and therefore set up laws that are able to maintain themselves without needed much attention, this democracy will write decent laws. Rule of the few in the interest of the few. Tuesday, october 25, 2016: extreme oligarchy, lots of money in very small group. Rule of the few in the interest of many. Rule of many in the common interest. Middle class moderates the situation, neither the rich or the poor completely dominate. Ideal constitution is the best constitution for delivering the good life to as many people as possible. One person who rules in the interest of everybody (one good man), aristotle does not like this idea.
