Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics

Name: Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics
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ISBN: 9780198237266

ISBN-10: 019823726X

ISBN-13: 9780198237266

Edition: 1997

Authors: Fred D. Miller, Fred D. Miller

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In this landmark study of Aristotle's Politics Fred Miller argues that nature, justice, and rights are central to Aristotle's political thought. Miller challenges the widely held view that the concept of rights is alien to Aristotle's thought, and marshalls evidence for talk of rights in Aristotle's writings, arguing further that Aristotle's theory of justice supports claims of individual rights, which are political and based in nature. He also considers the relation of Aristotles politics to other parts of philosophy, in particular to the teleological view of nature in the Physics and the theory of justice in the Nicomachean Ethics. Professor Miller examines in detail the constitutional…

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List price: $84.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 442
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Introduction



The Argument of Aristotle's Politics



Political Theory



Nature and Politics



Justice



Rights



Constitutional Applications



Constitutions and Political Rights



The Best Constitution



The Second-Best Constitution



Deviant Constitutions



Property RightsConclusion



Aristotle's Politics Reconsidered


Bibliography


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