LS101 Lecture Notes - Nicomachean Ethics, Practical Reason, Divine Law
15 Dec 2013
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Session 7: early theories of natural law . How does law serve the common good law"s role in serving common good . Famously known as plato"s student at the academy": plato: ideal or utopian state, aristotle: reality of state politics. Wrote nicomachean ethics (350 bc): based on lectures he gave, based on the topic of how people should live and how people do live. Justified slavery and recognized greeks as the superior society. Search for common view of the good = search for the highest good, the virtue that is most valued (seen by a political, social stance, secular) Aristotle"s belief that the highest good is living well; happiness. Habit is not a knee-jerk act, there is thought behind it. No selfish intent or desire for profit. We can conclude that it is an expressions of our rational nature (it is irrational to exist in the world if you live unethically)
