SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jeremy Bentham, Peter Linebaugh, Legal Positivism
10 Nov 2013
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Early theories of natural law: aristotle and aquinas. Compatibility (between ideas of the good life and conflicting views) Law"s role in serving common good : aristotle (plato"s student, biography. Aristotle: reality of state politics (interested in politics of the real) Found of logic (founded certain formal aspects of what it means to be a human, and have rational thought) Search for common view of the good = search for the highest good. Highest good = living well; happiness (happiness depends on welfare of other people) Not a matter learning abstract, general rules. Goal: live well ethical, happy, just (not living ethically, not living happily) How to live well: do good acts. How to know if an act is good: good act arises from good habits. How to develop good habits: exercise practical reason. Example good habit : giving seat up on the bus to an elderly person.
