What makes a law good? Plato on legal theory in the statesman

Plato’s legal epistemology is simultaneously context-sensitive and generalist. Particularly in the Statesman, Plato prefers a competent individual to the rigid rule of laws (294a), but it seems implausible that he does so on the basis of a moral particularism. Although nowhere utilizing the word epi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horn, Christoph
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy 2021-08-01
Series:Filosofický časopis