POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Oligarchy, Selfishness, Aristocracy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2107
• Professor: Sophie Bourgault

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Defining the citizen & the city-state book iii. What determines what kind of constitution, and therefore the identity of your city-state will be who has power: 278, governing class is the constitution. What is the relationship between the excellence of a citizen and the excellence of a man? pg. Should everybody participate: speaking about those will manual jobs; they are free men, however, they are free men of a vulgar kind, pg. 74: work for a wage and with their bodies, are not likely to have the time or energy to participate in politics (cid:862)i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) (cid:448)irtuous pursuits (cid:863) In some regimes it would be legitimate and possible for a labourer to be a citizen, but in general no. What is it exactly that distinguishes the good regimes from the deviant ones: elfish(cid:374)ess, the (cid:858)(cid:272)orre(cid:272)t(cid:859) regi(cid:373)es (cid:272)are for the good of the (cid:449)hole, (cid:449)hereas the (cid:858)de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t(cid:859) regi(cid:373)es (cid:449)ill rule i(cid:374) the i(cid:374)terest of a parti(cid:272)ular (cid:272)lass.