PHI 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Oligarchy, Unbridled
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Does republic make justice too much about the individual person: doesn"t justice have to do with other people. If description of perfectly just city is: a speculation on what justice means in a state, and an image for a perfectly just person. Then descriptions of imperfect cities will be: 1. Look at ways that actual cities fail to be just. Shortcomings of types of constitution: 2. Plato interested in the link between soul & state. Different kinds of states produce different people. Biggest shortcoming for a city would be to produce bad people. Rule by the wealthy: wealth becomes criteria for. Problems: wealth is a bad criteria for allocating roles. Who should be the general, captain, and political leader: people"s only real role is as consumers. Even rich rulers don"t serve common good beyond consumption & production of goods: people can effectively sell themselves & be destitute. Beggars and criminals grow in this system. Intellect is devalued: education is neglected.
