Aristotle (2)
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- Aristotle (2)
- Equality
- Equals should be treated as equals and unequals as unequals
- Men of 'civic virtue' deserve to rule because they are effective at promoting the good life
- Wealth is relevant because it allows for time
- Justice and Freedom
- Justice - Relates to all moral rules and ideas
- Freedom - A full member of the community has freedom
- Education and Censorship
- Education is key for intellectual virtue
- For ethical education, direct control is needed
- Supervision, discipline and censorship are required
- Moral code should be reflected in law
- Why is the Polis natural?
- Developed out of smaller communities
- It is self-sufficient
- We need to live in a polis to realize our natural (moral) potential
- 'Naturalness' of the Polis is heavily intertwined with his account of Eudaimonia
- The Household
- Hierarchies of power and relation of ruler to ruled are natural for Aristotle
- Not all forms of ruling are the same:
- Despotic rule: ruling in your own interest
- Free Rule: Interest of ruled are pursued by the ruler
- Kingly rule
- Constitutional rule
- Slaves
- Rule is despotic by definition
- 'A slave is a living posession'
- Slavery is natural
- Natural Slaves
- More rational than animals and can apprehend reason
- Can understand orders but need to be told what to do
- Need enough courage, self control and rationality to perform tasksadequetly
- Rule is despotic by definition
- Women and Children
- Rule over women and children should be 'free'
- Women should be in house under supervision of the husband
- natural inferiority
- Equality
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