HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Aristocracy, Divine Law, Tyrant
3 Apr 2014
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Fight for honour, work towards common good. Always be conflict in a society where everyone is always fighting for honour. In the reading cohen describes a blood feud society. Modern: the law protects you ancient: power and honor protects you. In ancient athens there was a sense of equality much different from ours. Equality meant everyone had the right to fight for their honor. In athens you"re not entitled to rights, they are based on what you do. The individuals on the bottom (slaves, women, outcasts) were equal. Men with little to no power were equal. This meant if you were very powerful you could not fight someone lesser than you because they are not your equal. If you fight someone who is not your equal you are not bettering society b/c you"re not working to better yourself. Enmity is the state of constant feud between equals.
