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Aristotle Conceptual Map:, Justice as Excellence, Relation to Virtue,…
Aristotle Conceptual Map:
Justice
: achieved by fulfilling the telos of an
institution
or
good
Purpose:
Function
of a
thing
/
activity
Aristotle -
Teleologically
"People who are
most virtuous
deserve
honor
"
"The
best
flute players deserve the
best
flutes"
Modern Application:
College Admissions:
Telos creates
education
and
societal
improvement
Merit-based excellence
Failings:
Exclusion of diversity and fairness
Systemic Inequality
Involves distributing
goods / roles
based on
Telos
Fostering
virtue
and
collective flourishing
Aristotle -
The role of community
Politics
Humans as political animals
Natural culmination for smaller communities
The Polis
To achieve good life for citizens and organizes justices
Justice and Common Good
Central to polis
Education and Citizenship
To educate citizens in virtue
Nicomachean Ethics
Moral Education
Virtue is developed through habit and practices
within community
Community provides he framework for ethical and moral
behavior
Sense of Community
Virtue is cultivated through interactions with others
Allocation of goods, resources, and honors based on virtue or merit.
Focuses on proportional equality: "to each their due."
Justice encompasses all other virtues when applied in the context of others
Tied to Aristotle's idea that education and citizenship develop virtuous individuals who contribute to societal harmony.
The polis (political community) exists to cultivate justice and the good life.
Legal Justice
Serves as the framework for maintaining order and promoting virtue in the community.
Observance of laws that aim to achieve the common good.
Aristotle -
Modern Application
Lack of Equality and Inclusivity
Outdated, perpetuated systematic inequality
Business ethics, climate change, and gender inequality were failed to be addressed
Theories cannot be applied to modern times
Justice as Excellence
Relation to Virtue
fairness, equity, (telos)
Connection to the Polis