So the older philosophers were not wrong to dismiss democracy as a form of government. Even Rousseau, Who as we saw earlier was an influential source of democratic ideas, said that it was suitable only for gods and not for men. Given the prevailing conditions, democracy as we understand it today was not a viable form of government.
For another example of the shifting agenda of political philosophy, consider the value we attach today to personal choice. We think people should be free to choose they jobs, their partners, their religious beliefs, the clothes they wear, the music they listen to, and so on and so forth. It is important, We think, that each person should discover or invent the style of life that suits them best.