POL 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nicomachean Ethics, Oligarchy, Distributive Justice
11 Apr 2016
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Politics and nature; citizenship, justice and a science of politics. 175-224 [excerpts from books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7] [optional: nichomachean ethics, excerpts from books 1, xi and x, in cahn, 2nd ed. , pp. The doctrine of teleology": the politics, general comments, key themes/arguments. Book i, a"s discussion of the principles according to which the household and the polis should be ruled displays clearly his assumptions re. human nature: man is by nature a political animal. Justice is the ordering principle of the political association: the polis is the sine qua non of the fully developed person, since it is the highest form of association that includes all other. By nature, the polis is concerned with human happiness. Man"s valuation of the polis is based on the fact that more than anything else, the polis is responsible for his well-being.
