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Justice: Who Deserves What?
Justice, Telos and Honor
Justice is teleological
Figure out the purpose of the social practices
Requires to see the relationship between telos and honor to understand ethics and politics.
Justice is honorific
Argue about what virtues it should honor and reward
Teleological thinking :thinking_face:
Teleological Thinking: Tennis Courts and Winnie-the-Pooh
Defined as a reason of its purpose.
Politics :female-judge::skin-tone-2:
What is The Purpose of Politics
Form good citizens
Exists to promote the "good life"
To Excel in politics: excel in civic virtue, and civic excellence
Can You Be a Good Person If You Don't Participate in Politics?
What's the Telos of a University?
Telos Defined
:school:
Sake of promoting scholarly excellence
To serve civic purposes
Moral Virtue
We learn what/how by doing - you must practice to find success.
EXAMPLE: Cooking, Joke Telling
Aristotle: Primary purpose of law: to cultivate habits that lead to good character
"Being steeped in virtuous behavior helps us acruite the disposition to act virtuously"
Casey's Martin Golf Cart Case
Despite our best attempts to make law neutral on such questions, it may not be possible to say what’s just without arguing about the nature of the good life
What is the essential nature of an activity?
Aristotle' Defense on Slavery
To allocate rights is to look for the telos of social institutions, and to fit persons to the roles that suit them, the roles that enable them to realize their nature
For Slavery to be just
: + Must be necessary + Must be natural
