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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16613| Title: | What Plato Can Teach Us About Politics and Freedom | Contributor(s): | Lynch, Anthony J (author) |
Publication Date: | 2011 | DOI: | 10.5840/pcw20111818 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16613 | Abstract: | We have built our understanding of politics (the understanding that is today, letting us down) on a one-sided understanding of freedom as the ability or capacity to do as we wish, and have forgotten the role that self-discipline - self-control and self-mastery - have in ensuring real freedom. And we have done this at the same time as losing our capacity to think of politics in terms of the virtues and vices of our ruling elites. To rectify these connected failures we need to look again at Plato's politics. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 18(1), p. 75-89 | Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Center | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 2153-3377 1077-1999 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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