Abstract
The Greek philosopher, Plato, in his discussion of the virtues which the ‘Guardians’ (or rulers) of his ideal state must cultivate, underscored for the generality of mankind certain cardinal social principles that should guide human society at all times. In the first place, the social responsibility of Plato’s ‘Guardians’ is founded on the doctrine of altruism: … if we want to pick the best guardians, we must pick those who have the greatest skill in watching over the interests of the community … And the deepest affection is based on a community of interest, when we feel that our own good and ill fortune is completely bound up with that of someone else … So we must choose from among our guardians those who appear to us, when we scutinize their whole career, to be most completely devoted to what they judge to be the interests of the community, and never prepared to act against them.1 KeywordsPoor PeopleAfrican SocietySocial DisparityReturn JourneyFellow HumanThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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