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Leadership Course 7 : Philosophy and Leadership
Faculty : Brata T. Hardjosubroto Semester : 4/ 2009
The Greeks: The Leader as Harmonizer and Teacher
Plato’s Republic: Ideal Leader in the Ideal City
The Leader as Provider of Resources and Guide to Others
The Leader as Mediator of Individual SelfInterest
The Leader as Harmonizer and Teacher
To perform well, one must cultivate the appropriate arete –
The appropriate virtue or excellence that enables the possessor to perform well.
Given way to democracy, empowering many more people from many different social classes
Plato: the Ideal Leader (1)
Human nature is to be self interested
People are motivated by their desire to expand their power over other people and over desirable objects – wealth, influence, position and so on.
Laws is to restrain chaotic situation
Laws run contrary to human desire
Plato: the Ideal Leader (2)
As shepherd, the leader are to advance his/her own interests at the people’s expense - so it is strength, cunning and the ability to cultivate a believable facade.
such leaders manipulate the public for their
own advantage
The good one: leaders are distinguished by certain talents then refined by specially tailored education and being a cultivation of wisdom.
Socrates: Philosophical nature that serves as the basis for the true leader’s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Love unchanging truth Hate untruth Moderate with money Neither petty nor mean Do not fear death Have a good memory
Ø “These characteristic do not guarantee a good leader, rather they are the starting points for cultivating the quality of leadership”
Quality Leader (1)
To have proper education which refine the quality to the point where excellence of wisdom emerges
The curriculum which orient the mind toward the abstract, the universal, the unchanging ->Truth
Forms
To acquire the virtue of wisdom (the ability to make
the carriers of universal and immutable truth
sound judgement)
Quality Leader (2)
In concreate practices, leader is to deliver: good laws, good public policy, a coherent and excellent program of education, all to the benefit of everyone.
Socrates: the truly wise ruler leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.
Plato: the leader as harmonizer of people, as the improver of those whom he leads and as an individual of rare intellectual qualities.
The Leader as Provider of Resources and Guide to Others
The leader emerges as the teacher of virtue as well as the caretaker of human needs
Cultivation is crucial to living well and to generate happiness and the divine bliss
Thomas Aquina: leader is assume take a role of a teacher, improver and moral paradigm
The leader must contribute to the improvement of those who look to them for leadership, create a community that self sufficient and thriving union of individual who enjoys the resources needed.
The Leader as Mediator of Individual Self-Interest (Thomas Human life becomes a ceasless quest for power and the pursuit of those things that accrue greater power
In the absence of strong law and governmental authority, convert social life into a war of each against all
The natural human condition as one of universal war, a world of perpetual violence and fear in which the life of human being is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’.
Without a powerfull leader, cannot avoid the catalysm of civil war.
Hobbes; Laws of Nature
Human desire for power and their willingness to dominate others in its pursuit, is simply too strong.
Human nature is self interested and that in the absence of a strong sovereign there is nothing but chaos
John Locke; the Laws of Nature
Passion encourages some to desire what others possess, and in the absence of organized society and political authority, human will soon slide into a state of war.
Passion will incline some to violate other’s right to life, liberty and possessions.
Fundamental decisions about policy should be made at a broadly based level with much participation and with the interest of community.
Questions??
Group Discussion
Discuss within your group: Summarizing
some of key importance points that you have learned today
Chapter 7 – PHILOSOPHY AND LEADERSHIP
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW
What are some of Plato’s views on the nature of human beings and the characteristics of the ideal leader?
How did Socrates’ conceptualization of a leader differ from that of Plato?
How did Thomas Aquinas’s work contribute to our understanding of leadership? What characteristics did he attribute to the ideal leader?
What are the Laws of Nature, and how are they beneficial, according to Hobbes?
How do Hobbes and Locke differ in terms of their views on the amount of control people have over their lives?
How are the views of each of the individuals presented in this chapter reflective of the culture and historical time period in which they lived?
Faculty : Brata T. Hardjosubroto Semester : 4/ 2009
The Greeks: The Leader as Harmonizer and Teacher
Plato’s Republic: Ideal Leader in the Ideal City
The Leader as Provider of Resources and Guide to Others
The Leader as Mediator of Individual SelfInterest
The Leader as Harmonizer and Teacher
To perform well, one must cultivate the appropriate arete –
The appropriate virtue or excellence that enables the possessor to perform well.
Given way to democracy, empowering many more people from many different social classes
Plato: the Ideal Leader (1)
Human nature is to be self interested
People are motivated by their desire to expand their power over other people and over desirable objects – wealth, influence, position and so on.
Laws is to restrain chaotic situation
Laws run contrary to human desire
Plato: the Ideal Leader (2)
As shepherd, the leader are to advance his/her own interests at the people’s expense - so it is strength, cunning and the ability to cultivate a believable facade.
such leaders manipulate the public for their
own advantage
The good one: leaders are distinguished by certain talents then refined by specially tailored education and being a cultivation of wisdom.
Socrates: Philosophical nature that serves as the basis for the true leader’s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Love unchanging truth Hate untruth Moderate with money Neither petty nor mean Do not fear death Have a good memory
Ø “These characteristic do not guarantee a good leader, rather they are the starting points for cultivating the quality of leadership”
Quality Leader (1)
To have proper education which refine the quality to the point where excellence of wisdom emerges
The curriculum which orient the mind toward the abstract, the universal, the unchanging ->Truth
Forms
To acquire the virtue of wisdom (the ability to make
the carriers of universal and immutable truth
sound judgement)
Quality Leader (2)
In concreate practices, leader is to deliver: good laws, good public policy, a coherent and excellent program of education, all to the benefit of everyone.
Socrates: the truly wise ruler leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.
Plato: the leader as harmonizer of people, as the improver of those whom he leads and as an individual of rare intellectual qualities.
The Leader as Provider of Resources and Guide to Others
The leader emerges as the teacher of virtue as well as the caretaker of human needs
Cultivation is crucial to living well and to generate happiness and the divine bliss
Thomas Aquina: leader is assume take a role of a teacher, improver and moral paradigm
The leader must contribute to the improvement of those who look to them for leadership, create a community that self sufficient and thriving union of individual who enjoys the resources needed.
The Leader as Mediator of Individual Self-Interest (Thomas Human life becomes a ceasless quest for power and the pursuit of those things that accrue greater power
In the absence of strong law and governmental authority, convert social life into a war of each against all
The natural human condition as one of universal war, a world of perpetual violence and fear in which the life of human being is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’.
Without a powerfull leader, cannot avoid the catalysm of civil war.
Hobbes; Laws of Nature
Human desire for power and their willingness to dominate others in its pursuit, is simply too strong.
Human nature is self interested and that in the absence of a strong sovereign there is nothing but chaos
John Locke; the Laws of Nature
Passion encourages some to desire what others possess, and in the absence of organized society and political authority, human will soon slide into a state of war.
Passion will incline some to violate other’s right to life, liberty and possessions.
Fundamental decisions about policy should be made at a broadly based level with much participation and with the interest of community.
Questions??
Group Discussion
Discuss within your group: Summarizing
some of key importance points that you have learned today
Chapter 7 – PHILOSOPHY AND LEADERSHIP
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW
What are some of Plato’s views on the nature of human beings and the characteristics of the ideal leader?
How did Socrates’ conceptualization of a leader differ from that of Plato?
How did Thomas Aquinas’s work contribute to our understanding of leadership? What characteristics did he attribute to the ideal leader?
What are the Laws of Nature, and how are they beneficial, according to Hobbes?
How do Hobbes and Locke differ in terms of their views on the amount of control people have over their lives?
How are the views of each of the individuals presented in this chapter reflective of the culture and historical time period in which they lived?
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