POL200Y5 Chapter Notes -Tyrant, Passive Obedience, Distributive Justice
22 Apr 2014
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Review of book ii: all human action is oriented towards some good, going towards some end. This is also true towards human associations: aristotle thinks of the polis or city as the highest most comprehensive association because it aims at the highest most comprehensive ends. Citizenship is equal with the good life: we help each other to have the good life ex. Friendship, its essential we care and regard for others: the good life happens in the choices we make as individuals. It"s also important that it has a political dimension: the origin of the city is mutual advantage. We can"t provide for all of our needs on our own. We need the help of others: we care more about the accumulation of wealth than the well being of our community, aristotle says the city is a heterogeneous, complex place that is characterized by its diversity.
