Are we good enough for democracy?

Think 1 (2):29-34 (2002)
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Is democracy a good thing? Most of us think so. And yet, as Jonathan Wolff here explains, Plato thought democracy was a very bad idea. If you favour democracy , then your challenge is to explain what, if anything, is wrong with Plato's argument. So can you?

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'The Public Interest'in A. Quinton.B. Barry - 1967 - In Anthony Quinton (ed.), Political Philosophy. London: Oxford University Press.

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