Philosophy › Section K · Political philosophy › Topic K.2
Forms of government
Sorting governments into monarchies, aristocracies and democracies is the easy part. The philosophical question is which form is best, and why: because it tends to produce good results, because it treats people as equals, or both.
In this topic
- From describing to evaluating
- Plato's decline of regimes
- Aristotle's six forms
- Worked example: applying Aristotle's grid
- Monarchy and divine right
- Mixed government and divided power
- Why value democracy?
- Doubts about democracy
- Totalitarianism
- Worked example: weighing an epistocracy
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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