Democracy tempered by Aristocracy: rethinking an old idea

This article retakes an argument that has ancient roots, but is nowadays largely forgotten, namely that democracy, to be viable and stable, stands in need of aristocratic checks. First of all, institutional checks, like an Upper House in Parliament, and a professional judiciary. But more importantl...

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Autor principal:	Andreas Kinneging
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	democracy aristocracy aristocratic ethos idea of gentility virtue theory rulership Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5186fe0f656f4ae6851da9317bda2e812021-11-27T13:07:15ZDemocracy tempered by Aristocracy: rethinking an old idea10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.45.011733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/5186fe0f656f4ae6851da9317bda2e812021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2091https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 This article retakes an argument that has ancient roots, but is nowadays largely forgotten, namely that democracy, to be viable and stable, stands in need of aristocratic checks. First of all, institutional checks, like an Upper House in Parliament, and a professional judiciary. But more importantly – and that is what the article focuses on – an aristocratic ethos in the rulership or leadership. The tradition of reflection on the aristocratic ethos, going back to antiquity, is described, including the virtue theory it propounds. Finally, an overview is given of the traditional ideas on how to create and ensure the influence of the aristocratic ethos over the rulers or leaders. Andreas KinnegingKsiegarnia Akademicka Publishingarticledemocracyaristocracyaristocratic ethosidea of gentilityvirtue theoryrulershipLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 13, Iss 45 (2021)
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description	This article retakes an argument that has ancient roots, but is nowadays largely forgotten, namely that democracy, to be viable and stable, stands in need of aristocratic checks. First of all, institutional checks, like an Upper House in Parliament, and a professional judiciary. But more importantly – and that is what the article focuses on – an aristocratic ethos in the rulership or leadership. The tradition of reflection on the aristocratic ethos, going back to antiquity, is described, including the virtue theory it propounds. Finally, an overview is given of the traditional ideas on how to create and ensure the influence of the aristocratic ethos over the rulers or leaders.
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Democracy tempered by Aristocracy: rethinking an old idea

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