POL200Y5 Chapter Notes -Eudaimonia, Nicomachean Ethics, We Exist
22 Apr 2014
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Outline of the lecture: review of the ethics: what is the relationship between ethics and politics, ne vii and ix: the role of justice/friendship in the happy life; the other. Are there natural slaves: aristotle"s critique of the republic. Aristotle asserts that political wisdom is an aspect of practical wisdom, that political science is a species of prudence. Political science prescribes which of the sciences ought to be studied in cities, and which ones each class in the city should study and how far (ne 1. 2. If the purpose is to lead to happiness; we need legislators and states men that recognize virtue as the key to happiness. They know how to structure the laws and rules so that this can happen. An effective states man combines moral virtue with practical intelligence, experience with knowledge: virtue doesn"t exist in a vacuum; it is a property of everyday life.
