Does the WORLD need to be RULED by PHILOSOPHERS...?

Question

...instead of being ruled by heartless and self-centered individuals?

Answer 1

People get the rulers that fit the state of their collective consciousness. If our rulers are heartless and self-centered, it's because collectively we as a people are heartless and self-centered. If we were loving and kind, our government would not have developed the way it has.

If a people are heartless and self-centered, they will not consent to be ruled by wise and kind leaders. Such leaders could do nothing for them.

People, as individuals, need to be ruled by the philosopher side of their nature, rather than by the heartless and self-centered side. When they are, then they will adopt leaders who are expressive of that.

This in no way excuses evil people who use the reigns of power for their own evil, selfish ends.

Answer 2

No. Philosophers deal with philosophy. That heartless and self-centered individuals is a generalization. Each individual brings unique skills that make a government function. A government needs to be diverse in order to function correctly. If you would just have a bunch of people with the same background, then that in effect would be the same as having no government. If we were to be ruled by philosophers, what exactly would their policies be? Philosophy concerns itself with areas and ways of knowing, not how to govern a country.

Answer 3

Philosophers do rule the international... a minimum of right here in u.s.. possibly world extensive too. look on the Senate and living house of Representatives, and count extensive variety how a lot of those human beings have a J.D. what's a regulation degree (Juris well-being care expert) yet a philosophical degree? the US cabinet: (Barack Obama: Juris well-being care expert, Harvard) Hilary Clinton: Juris well-being care expert, Yale Tim Geithner: government, Dartmouth (then grad college in Economcis) Robert Gates: history, William and Mary Eric Holder: Juris well-being care expert, Columbia Ken Salazar: Juris well-being care expert, college of Michigan Tom Vilsack: Juris well-being care expert, Albany regulation college Gary Locke: Juris well-being care expert, Boston college i'm purely going immediately down the record... those are a number of the main effective human beings in u.s.. around the well-liked international, democracies are controlled via legal experts. In Theocracies (Iran, Vatican, etc) the government is administered via clerics... and what's a cleric yet a actuality seeker? the version between theology and philosophy is extra certainly one of semantics than a actual distinction. Theologies purely enter the verbal replace with a preset bias.

Answer 4

You don't think philosophers can't be heartless, mean spirited, and self centred as well?
They are just as human as the next man or woman. You can bring in the new boss but I think you'll find that he's the same as the old boss.

Answer 5

People will miss the flight to any sphere of life because philosophers, in general, take too much time in deciding any thing because of their logical calculations and absent-mindedness. Philosophers cannot take instant decisions if required. World would come to a standstill. Yes, they can be good adviser for long-term planning.

Of course one thing goes in favor of philosophers--- they cannot drop atom bombs like USA did on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Action on Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan would not have taken place.

Answer 6

No philosopher worth the salt will want to rule anything.

Answer 7

Heartless selfcentered individualism is a consequence of ruling.

Answer 8

No objective philosopher would want to rule.

Answer 9

No, the world doesn't need anything. No matter what humans do the world will spin aroudn the sun just fine.

Answer 10

No. The Jails Do