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Author Keyt, David, author

Title Nature and justice : studies in the ethical and political philosophy of Plato and Aristotle / by David Keyt
Published Louvain-La-Neuve : Éditions de l'Institut Supérieur de Philosophie ; Leuven : Peeters, 2017
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Description xiv, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Series Aristote, traductions et études
Aristote, traductions et études.
Contents Nature and justice -- Plato on justice -- Plato and the ship of state -- Intellectualism in Aristotle -- The meaning of BIOE in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics -- Three basic theorems in Aristotle's Politics -- Aristotle ad the ancient roots of anarchism -- Aristotle's political philosophy -- The good man and the upright citizen in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics -- Aristotle and the joy of working -- Aristotle Contra Aristotle
Summary A collection of articles on Plato's 'Republic' and Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'Politics'. The newly written introductory chapter offers a sketch of the metaphysical foundations of Plato's and Aristotle's ethical and political philosophy. Two chapters on the Republic examine Plato's account of justice and his use of the ship of state metaphor. The remainder of the book is devoted to Aristotle and discusses such topics as his view of the best life for a man, his political naturalism, his proto-anarchism, his theory of distributive justice, and his ideal polis. The final chapters, also newly written, address the unattractive features of Aristotle's political ideal--natural slavery, the subordination of women, and the denigration of technical skill--and argue that these feature are in fact inconsistent with the basic principles of his ethical and political philosophy. The volume ends with a defense of the claim that Aristotle's political philosophy, once shorn of its excrescences, is updateable to the twenty-first century
Notes Collection of texts partly published previously
Spine title reads: Nature and justic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and indexes
Subject Plato. Republic.
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics.
Aristotle. Politics.
Plato -- Ethics.
Aristotle -- Ethics.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Political science -- Philosophy.
ISBN 9789042933828 (Peeters Leuven ;) (paperback)
9042933828 (Peeters Leuven ;) (paperback)
9782758402664 (Peeters France ;) (paperback)
2758402661 (Peeters France ;) (paperback)
Other Titles Studies in the ethical and political philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
Nature and justic