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4.POLITICAL PHY -ARISTOTLE (HUMAN BEING (SOCIAL BEING (Friendship is one…
4.POLITICAL PHY -ARISTOTLE
REPUBLICANISM
Criticism of Plato's Republic
POLITICS
politics is inseparable from ethics
defender of universal moral values
The goal of every being is some good
○ Happiness should also be the goal of any collective and Political activity
SOCIALIZATION
family
village
state
a political community
unity
common goals and values
political organizations
HUMAN BEING
Homo animale rationale est
body and rational soul
mind is the element that distinguishes the human person from all other beings
the
aim
(final cause) of human being is developing his/her rationality Wisdom truth
SOCIAL BEING
needs others
zoon politicon
The community is a good in itself
Friendship is one of the most important virtues in social life
ability to Iive an individual in harmony with others
ETHNICAL EUDAEMONIST
• Gr.
Eudemonia
= happiness
each person wants to be happy
REGIMES
NATURAL
monarchy (rule by one man for the common good),
aristocracy (rule by a few for the common good),
polity (rule by the many for the common good)
UNNATURAL
tyranny (rule by one man in his own interest),
oligarchy (rule by the few in their own interest),
democracy (rule by the many in their own interest)
POLITEIA
justice, friendship, stability of the state
BEST POSSIBLE REGIME
mixed
regime: aristocracy/oligarchy and democracy
dominance of middle class
POLITICAL
IDEALISM
political and social life are related to ethics (morality)
REALISM *
power is the most important
JUSTICE
lawful and fairness
give everyone what is rightfully due to him (what one deserves)