POLITICAL THEORIES

Political Theories

Political Theories

In the theme of political theory we have come across many political philosophers like the great Socrates, Hume, Locke, Hobes, Plato, and many other who have talked a lot about what a political society ought to be. Here in this paper we are faced with the determination as to whether the Plato's political theory favored the contractual obligation doctrine that must follow a certain rule of law, bound by every member of the society or whether the other doctrine that the political society, rather a true political society is backed by the individuals themselves who participate as a whole to synergies there efforts for the good of the society. Whatever conclusion we come to, one thing is for sure that the political theory in the end works for the good of the society. (Nussbaum, 1980, 395)

But first we must define the meaning of political theory. Defining the political theory or politics, it is that branch of theory that looks into the morals of a just social system. As a general rule, it investigates the character of human communities, so as to assess their aims and manners of collaboration. Principally, it is related with government or the state that is the organization that maintains the sole authority to enforce rules of conduct in a specific region.

“Political theory, like theory generally, originated in ancient Greece. In fact, the word 'political' derived from the Greek polis, or city-state. The Sophists in the 5th century B.C. challenged the legitimacy of the polis with its laws and institutions, and Socrates (c. 470-399), Plato (c. 427-c. 347), and Aristotle (384-322) responded with philosophical arguments. (Barney, 2001, 17)

The political theories of Plato and Aristotle were inextricably connected with their philosophical systems, Plato appealing to his doctrine of Forms and Aristotle to a theory of biological ...