PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Jus Sanguinis, The Good Citizen, Tyrant
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Readings: book iii chapter 1: 1274b32-1275b22; chapter 4: 1276b15-127734; chapter 9: Aristotle offers two criteria that are not really criteria, and betray a problem for his method. The concept defies a general definition that determines for all and only citizens who counts as a citizen. The two are: birth from citizen (1275a8) and one who shares in judging and ruling. (1275a24). Birth: first, one needs to know who is a citizen in order to determine that one is a citizen by birth (recall the obama birth certificate. ) The genealogies are a major factor for dynastic claims to legitimacy. The nazis could use this for their racial policies. The bloodline has been the dominant mode in the past of occidental culture. The immigrant state us has ius solis": whether you are born in the us. The second - to share in judging and ruling is not a criterion.
