If rule is just only when the ruler is benevolent and endowed with superior knowledge than the ruled, then rule could only be just if the ruler has greater insight into the needs and desires of the ruled than the ruled have in themselves. Thus, all rulers who rule over others are unjust. Under democracy, the majority is the ruler. Since the majority constitute an unjust ruler, democracy itself is unjust. The Moral Depravity of the Individual by Nature Under the rule of law, individuals are not free to make moral choices.
Individuals robbed of the opportunity to be moral beings often learn little about morality.
The greater degree to which law is pressed upon a society, the less morally developed will be the individuals comprising the society. It is no wonder, then, that under a very restricted society, such as our own, the general perception is that individuals are, by nature, morally depraved. The ancients celebrated many virtues. Loyalty, honesty, courage, and purity were revered. This was a time when their was no electronic surveillance.