Aristotle Political Philosophy

Name: Aristotle Political Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780198782001

ISBN-10: 0198782004

ISBN-13: 9780198782001

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard Kraut

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This book presents a wide-ranging overview of Aristotle's political thought that makes him come alive as a philosopher who can speak to our own times. Beginning with a critique of subjectivist accounts of well-being, Kraut goes on to assess Aristotle's objective and universalistic account of eudaimonia and excellent activity. He offers a detailed interpretation of Aristotle's conception of justice in the Nicomachean Ethics, and then turns to the major themes of the Politics: the political nature of human beings, the city's priority over the individual, the justification of slavery, the defence of the family and property, the pluralistic nature of cities and the need for their unification,…

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List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 536
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Abbreviations



Aristotle's Political World and Writings



Prolegomenon to Aristotle's Ethics: Against Subjectivism



Well-Being and Virtue



Justice in the Nicomachean Ethics



Introduction to the Politics



Politics VII and VIII: The Ideal Polis



Politics I: Nature, Political Animals, and Civic Priority



Politics I: Slavery



Politics II: Family, Property, and Civic Unity



Politics III: Citizenship, Stability, and Obedience



Politics III: Correct Constitutions and the Common Good



Politics IV-VI: Non-Ideal Constitutions



Final Thoughts


References


Index Locorum


General Index