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題名 Neither Rule of Man nor Rule of Law—A Rationalist Reading of Plato’s Legal Philosophy
作者 謝坤龍
Hsieh, Kun Lung
貢獻者 法律博二
關鍵詞 the Republic, the Laws, the Statesman, Plato’s legal philosophy
日期 2018
上傳時間 4-Dec-2019 14:47:20 (UTC+8)
摘要 Numerous previous studies argue that Plato’s legal philosophy is equivocal, since he seemed to either advocate the rule of man in the Republic, or defend the rule of law in the Laws. In this paper, I label these readings as “traditional” and will show that the textual evidence provided by studies based on these readings remains insufficient to support their arguments. Based on the sketching of main arguments in the Republic, the Statesman, and the Laws, I argue that Plato develops a dialectic criticism to both the rule of man and the rule of law and that he furthermore proposes a rule of rationality. I demonstrate that a rationalist reading suggests that the ruler shall not be legitimate without rationality, and that it consequently helps to avoid the traditional readings’ bias by incorporating the Republic, the Statesman and the Laws into one whole for an improved understanding Plato’s legal philosophy.
關聯 The 11th East Asian Conference on Philosophy of Law, Centre for Chinese Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
資料類型 conference
dc.contributor 法律博二
dc.creator (作者) 謝坤龍
dc.creator (作者) Hsieh, Kun Lung
dc.date (日期) 2018
dc.date.accessioned 4-Dec-2019 14:47:20 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 4-Dec-2019 14:47:20 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 4-Dec-2019 14:47:20 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/127685-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Numerous previous studies argue that Plato’s legal philosophy is equivocal, since he seemed to either advocate the rule of man in the Republic, or defend the rule of law in the Laws. In this paper, I label these readings as “traditional” and will show that the textual evidence provided by studies based on these readings remains insufficient to support their arguments. Based on the sketching of main arguments in the Republic, the Statesman, and the Laws, I argue that Plato develops a dialectic criticism to both the rule of man and the rule of law and that he furthermore proposes a rule of rationality. I demonstrate that a rationalist reading suggests that the ruler shall not be legitimate without rationality, and that it consequently helps to avoid the traditional readings’ bias by incorporating the Republic, the Statesman and the Laws into one whole for an improved understanding Plato’s legal philosophy.
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dc.relation (關聯) The 11th East Asian Conference on Philosophy of Law, Centre for Chinese Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
dc.subject (關鍵詞) the Republic, the Laws, the Statesman, Plato’s legal philosophy
dc.title (題名) Neither Rule of Man nor Rule of Law—A Rationalist Reading of Plato’s Legal Philosophy
dc.type (資料類型) conference