POL200Y1 Lecture : Aristotle's definition of the polis

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Political theory: week 8 - november 3rd, 2010. Contain a diversity of people and associations brought together in the beginning to meet basic needs: 2. However, despite initial foundational aspirations to meet basic needs (e. g. security needs), politics aims at the ultimate good. S people not only seeking to live but to live well. In practice, most states misperceive this final goal, may try to aim at it, but for a. S hierarchy of models of government in aristotle: 3. Not only are states different insofar as they meet the highest goal in various ways but the states themselves give themselves goals and identities that differ. Some states will define their goals in terms of military virtue (e. g. sparta), others envision other types of goals such as artistic excellence, economic prosperity, health. N while people may be misguided and confused about all that the good encompasses, people are not completely void of aspirations for justice: 4.

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