Arguments Against The Philosopher King

Arguments

On the other hand, objections against the government of philosopher-rulers can be made. However strong the foundation of the strengths of his idea of a philosopher king may be, there are also a lot of flaws and weaknesses and misconceptions that can be found in it. While in truth that his arguments with regard to them as the ones who are more suitable and capable of giving better judgments than those of the normal men, it is still not persuasive enough to capture the minds of the other philosophers that time into taking into action the idea of the philosopher king. And while his altercation may be valid enough to stand in solid ground, it is still not contemporary with the realistic perception of the world and as well as to the modern

He is required to have a very wide understanding of the different aspects of the state and the philosophy of the human mind. The philosopher that is to be considered king must have earned wisdom that is above any other philosopher of his time had gained. Plato also argues that a specific education, available to few, will allow these few to become philosophers, and in these few philosophers can only then the king can be chosen. The system stands on a firm explanation but this would create a ruling class that is not representative of the ruled. Only those that have the resources to undergo such extensive training have the clear chance to have the seat of the king and this would create complications to those poorly resourced but have the spirit and the mindset to be the leader of the state. These requirements limits those that are less and gives chances only to a few people with influences thus making the people of the state feel more left behind compared to the democratic state they are currently using. At the same time, it is hard to find a government that is 100% representative of its population. The few elite that is to has been chosen by the extensive tests will comprise the government with the best on the top and even thought Plato may say that this is a more effective way to take over the matters of the state compare to other political system, the people that comprises the government is never part of the whole population of the state and instead only represents a part of it, specifically often the upper and richer people and families and leaves the hapless no representative at all. The problem regarding the representative of the less privileged people to take the extensive training required to be considered a qualified philosopher to rule in a state does not stops with the explanation that the few elite chosen will understand