PHL 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Stoicism
22 Sep 2016
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Aristotle, cicero, and the natural law- human nature. Natural order of things- law s authority over people. Thinks of everything in terms of their ends. All things are organized in terms of that end. Their most perfect form is its end point. A group of species that share a common end. Human activity does not have a single end, but numerous ends. A single person may have numerous ends in their life- fame, honour, companionship, etc. All these ends are on its way to a deeper and permanent end- eudemonia. The state of being well and doing well in being well Politics- not ethics: literally: things concerning the polis - about the city or what makes up the city- citizens. It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. (26) Ends in the pursuit of the good life (something that reflects us)
