The solution to Thai political behavior in Plato's view

Abstract

The aims of this research were: 1) to study the concepts of political philosophy according to Plato’s view; 2) to study the political behaviors in Thailand; 3) to present the solution of Thai political behaviors according to Plato’s view. The tools of this qualitative research were the participatory observation form, and an in-depth interview form used to collect the data from 30 key informants including 10 national election committee members, 10 politicians and 10 voters. The obtained data were analyzed by the descriptive analysis based on the deductive method.
The research results were as follows:
1. Politics is an art of governance all the governors must know about; good governance is based on the wisdom of virtuous rulers and the wise who are capable of knowing the truth of the governance. It is called ‘the king of philosophers’, endowed with four virtues: intelligence, braveness, justice and knowing one’s won ability.
2. Ethical issues of Thai politicians today include: 1) corruption; 2) problems of using power and work based on their duties; 3) problems caused by a lack of political morality and ethics.
3. The educational ability is a key criterion in dividing the human class. The solution to the problem of political exploitation can be made by adhering in moral principles and solving the problems of ethical behaviors of politicians. The morality of the state is the same as the virtue of the individual person: 1) intelligence, 2) braveness, 3) knowing one’s won ability and 4) justice. The training and promotion of the citizens to have 3 basic principles: 1) honesty 2) good morals 3) good eating can be organized to have people obey the laws of the state and have responsibility for the role of each individual with three types of morality: 1) education, 2) law and 3) moral.