Ethics And Politics In Plato’S Laws
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23199769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luc Brisson (0000-0002-9564-4831, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | 93-122 |
| Publication date | 2005-05-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy XXVIII (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199281930.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W4388213178 |
| ISBN | 9780199281930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The present article has its origin in a critical discussion of Christo pher Bobonich’s book Plato’s Utopia Recast.1 The main question raised by this work is the following: did Plato radically change his mind on the subject of ethics and politics between the Republic and the Laws? I shall first present a summary of Bobonich’s thesis, then develop three series of criticisms concerning the doctrine of the Laws on the questions of economic, social, and political autonomy. My contention will be the following. Like the Republic, the Laws is a radical critique of Athenian democracy as known to Plato. This critique was to lead to the construction of another kind of city, most of whose features are in the Laws akin to those of the Republic.
Autonomy · Democracy · Doctrine · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subject (documents) · The Republic · Utopia · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |