PLATO's political thought on Justice

POLITICAL THOUGHT ON JUSTICE

PLATO

- Saumya Gupta14120, VII

•He was influenced by the Spartan Education System.

• Compulsory Education for both the sexes.

• Education should be managed or controlled by the State.

• It is divisible in two parts- Elementary Education and Higher

education.

• And three phases.

Plato’s Theory of Ideal StateTheory of Education

Test- Class of Iron

Test- Class of Silver

Theory of Communism

•Functional Specializa-tion

• Non- interference

• Harmony

Theory of Justice

Comparison of Plato with AristotleComparison of Plato with Aristotle

Criticism of Theory of Justice

•Harmony and non- interference can’t exist together.

•How to differentiate between the importance of Harmony and

non- interference at particular times.

•Over dependent on Theory of Education.

•Over emphasizes on the three classes.

•Wasting of some aptitudes.

• Conflict can’t be only between classes , there can be conflict

within classes.

• No mechanism for ending the conflicts.

• There can be conflict within a man himself.