POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Distributive Justice
3 Apr 2018
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Contemporary society rulers appointed irrationally-absolute power bound to corrupt both ruler and degrade citizens. Controlled by the timeless agents of universal truth governed by divine element in them- philosopher kings. When political power is linked to knowledge loses it"s compulsive element. We all share from these principles which come to us from philosopher kings. Citizenship severed from ieda of meaningful participation in the making of political decisions (aristotle wanted to bring this back- making shared decisions) Plato-internal conflicts resolved by pol methods replaced by idea of the virtuous community therefore devoid of conflict and devoid of politics. Didn"t deny that we all have a right to share in the benefits of the community. Opinion is a compounded half truth and correct beliefs imperfectly understood- represents crude notions carried around in the head of the average person. To allow the avg person to participate in pol we would be ruled by morons.
