PHIL 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Body Politic, Retributive Justice
Document Summary
Attempts to reform the regime, from one type to another. Revolution can take shape to maintain the regime but to take control over the regime. Transform parts of the regime: argues that regime founded on inequality never last. (5. 2) Regimes founded on strict equality never last. The most stable regime is the mixed regime (4. 8, 4. 11) 5. 3 - origins of factional strife (minority having contentions against another group who function for these reasons): profit. Politicians or wealthy who want to make more money: preeminence. When a person has greater power that exceeds that of a city: fear. Fearing losing their way of life, fearing tyrannical rule. People now fear the government more than any other time in history: contempt. That one group or class has for another: disproportionate increase. Increase in the size of wealth of the oligarchical class, military or government. There needs to be a balance (either side not having too many/too much wealth, too poor)
