Mittiga, Ross (2021) 'Ranking the Regimes in Aristotle's Politics: The Four-Principles Approach.' The Review of Politics, 83 (1). pp. 1-20.
Abstract
There is a long-standing debate over which constitution Aristotle regards as best in the <jats:italic>Politics</jats:italic>. I attempt to clarify his view by reconstructing four principles he uses to assess constitutions, in both ideal and more ordinary circumstances: (i) the supremacy-of-virtue principle, (ii) the more-virtuous-citizens-are-better-than-fewer principle, (iii) the equality principle, and (iv) the stability principle. I apply these principles to defend a rank ordering of constitutions, which situates the ideal aristocracy of books 7 and 8 at the top, and tyranny, along with unmixed forms of democracy and oligarchy, at the bottom.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Politics & International Studies |
| ISSN: | 00346705 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1017/s003467052000087x |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2024 13:40 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/43081 |
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