the illegitimacy of politicians
the illegitimacy of politicians
If a politician could understand what legitimacy is, they'd be a philosopher, not a politician.
Re: the illegitimacy of politicians
If a good philosopher could cope with Real Politik, then they could make a good leader.
e.g. Marcus Aurelius
e.g. Marcus Aurelius
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Re: the illegitimacy of politicians
nope.
what is needed is an afffirmatio of a governmental system as legitimate - ad so politicians reporesent us no the privalaged.
sadly the system is corrupt, butjust saying "all politicians are shit due to being politicians" is just nialism - and offers what? anarchy - no rule of law no stable and just society.
so dissagree with your premise.
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Re: the illegitimacy of politicians
I'm with gaffo here. The problem with our democratic institutions is not a deficit of ethics or acumen in our politicians.
And Advocate has set up a false dichotomy between politicians and philosophers. There is no reason why one can't be both, and indeed a number of notable politicians have studied PPE and can therefore lay a legitimate claim to be philosophers.
And of course, there is no logical reason for legitimacy generally to depend on any kind of knowledge of it, either theoretical or practical.
And Advocate has set up a false dichotomy between politicians and philosophers. There is no reason why one can't be both, and indeed a number of notable politicians have studied PPE and can therefore lay a legitimate claim to be philosophers.
And of course, there is no logical reason for legitimacy generally to depend on any kind of knowledge of it, either theoretical or practical.