COVID-19 Pandemic Leadership: A Case for Return to Platonic Values

Abstract

In western education, Plato is often cited as a foundational thinker for education of leaders. 2,395 years later, many leaders in governments of the world are struggling to address the COVID-19 global pandemic. The 2019-2021 global pandemic has provided academics with a wonderful opportunity to evaluate government leadership at many levels. All the different forms of governance as well as theoretical economic systems are being tested in real-time. Success can be measured on a government's ability to reduce both deaths and spread of the COVID-19 virus among their citizens. This article will discuss these concepts focused on successful government leadership. © 2021 Common Ground Research Networks, Richard Runyon, Daryl Watkins, Some Rights Reserved, (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).