Posted October 16, 2016
richlind33: My answer, quite obviously, was A, by default: because in practice, there simply is not an acceptable alternative, unless you consider monarchy or despotism to be preferable.
So your answer is that a government should bow to the general will, even if it means removing the requirements for a government. Thank you. Additional question: The general will of a country is to wage war against another country, and that war will not be one they can win (or even draw). Going to war against such an adversary will mean the destruction of the country. Should the government declare said war, that the people wish, resulting in the destruction of the people, or should the government protect the people, even if it means ignoring their wishes?
Virtue depends on morals, not philosophy. Both philosophy and religion can give us a moral code, but it's a result, not a requirement.
And don't forget that the moral code a specific philosophy may give may not be considered moral by another philosophy.
Off to find a copy of Nicomachean.
Post edited October 16, 2016 by JMich