Nature and justice: studies in the ethical and political philosophy of Plato and Aristotle

A collection of articles on Plato's 'Republic' and Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'Politics'. The newly written introductory chapter offers a sketch of the metaphysical foundations of Plato's and Aristotle's ethical and political philosophy. Tw...

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1. Verfasser: Keyt, David 1930- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Louvain-la-Neuve Éditions de l'Institut Supérieur de Philosophie 2017
Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT Peeters 2017
Schriftenreihe:Aristote, traductions et études
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Zusammenfassung:A collection of articles on Plato's 'Republic' and Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'Politics'. The newly written introductory chapter offers a sketch of the metaphysical foundations of Plato's and Aristotle's ethical and political philosophy. Two chapters on the Republic examine Plato's account of justice and his use of the ship of state metaphor. The remainder of the book is devoted to Aristotle and discusses such topics as his view of the best life for a man, his political naturalism, his proto-anarchism, his theory of distributive justice, and his ideal polis. The final chapters, also newly written, address the unattractive features of Aristotle's political ideal - natural slavery, the subordination of women, and the denigration of technical skill - and argue that these feature are in fact inconsistent with the basic principles of his ethical and political philosophy. The volume ends with a defense of the claim that Aristotle's political philosophy, once shorn of its excrescences, is updateable to the twenty-first century
Beschreibung:Collection of texts partly published previously
Beschreibung:XIV, 292 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9789042933828
9042933828
9782758402664
2758402661