A probabilistic analysis of governmental forms

Saccal, Alessandro (2022): A probabilistic analysis of governmental forms.

Abstract

This work presents a probabilistic analysis of governmental forms classically catalogued. Its especial findings are that, regardless of human concupiscence, (i) tyrannies are the most probable (evil) forms of classical government as well as the easiest ones to vanquish and (ii) monarchies are the most probable good forms of classical government, being preferable to all others both quantitatively and qualitatively, that is, probabilistically and ethico-metaphysically.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: aristocracy; democracy; ethics; government; law; metaphysics; monarchy; oligarchy; politics; power; republic; rule; timocracy; tyranny; welfare.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C25 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; Discrete Regressors ; Proportions ; Probabilities; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z18 - Public Policy

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