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An Historical Question of a Leader


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An Historical Question of a Leader
A look at the question of what makes a good leader by analyzing Plato's "The Republic".
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages) | 0 sources | 2001 United States


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This paper tackles the eternal question of what makes a good leader by focusing on this classical philosophical work by Plato and some writings of Socrates. These two believed that a truly good leader's actions must be informed by knowing how good and evil are different from each other.

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"The question of what a leader should do and be is, of course, hardly a new one. It lay at the heart of some of the most important debates of the classical world. We cannot help but, when we read Plato's political and moral philosophy as he expresses it in The Republic, to find some of our questions being asked. Plato, and Socrates as he is represented in this text by his student, argues that a leader must understand the nature of goodness, that his or her actions must be informed by knowing how good and evil are different from each other. I would agree with these great philosophers. This does not mean that a leader may never do something wrong or even evil: There is a difference (as we all know from our personal experiences) between knowing what is right and actually doing it all of the time. But any legitimate leader must know the difference between right and wrong."

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An Historical Question of a Leader (2012, February 10). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-An-Historical-Question-of-a-Leader/6022

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"An Historical Question of a Leader" 10 February 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-An-Historical-Question-of-a-Leader/6022>




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