POLS 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Tyrant, Eudaimonia, Politeia
28 Oct 2020
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The principle applied: this is not about ideal" or the best" constitution. Even for constitutions that aristotle personally thinks are bad or deviant". Aristotle is personally suspicious of monarchies because they tend to corrupt, become tyrants, and exercise authority improperly as a despoteia, instead of as a politeia. The traditional method" (of famous tyrants like periander of. Corinth, hiero of syracuse - and generally, persian rulers) Lop off the eminent and get rid of men of independent spirit". The same approach is applied for democracy, despite his personal criticisms of democracy. But: if you must have a democracy, then there are certain principles to preserve a democratic constitution and prevent it from changing. Because the two key values of democracies are liberty and equality, preservation of democracy requires institutions that will promote those values as much as possible. A single funddistributed in block grants to those in need". Judicious use of both lottery and election to fill.
