Saturday, February 11, 2012

Q&A: What would a Aristotelian Society look like?

Aristotle did not advocate a government that would place absolute in the hands of one person, or a few. Despite that, Aristotle still believed that the government needed to have far-reaching control over its citizens. He viewed child-raising to be too important to leave to parents, and instead give that job to the government. The collective raising of children would led to a collective mindset.  At some point or another in time, society would become social-capitalist in both the economy and government.  The children might become fiercely patriotic, as the public child-raising will extend much further then our public education does;  it would be hard to say if a government would honestly raise the kids and not turn them into Prussian-style military armies.

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