Title: Justice and reciprocity in Aristotle's political philosophy /
Authors: Inamura, Kazutaka.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Aristotle; Aristotle; Political science Philosophy; Justice; Political science; Justice; Political science; Political science Philosophy
Abstract: This book illustrates how Aristotle's ethical concepts such as justice, reciprocity and friendship offer a basis for his political philosophy. In particular, it points out the importance of Aristotle for articulating the concept of a civic relationship and developing a theory of integration, by exploring how he includes a wide variety of people within the deliberative and judicial processes. Comparisons between Aristotle's own thought and present-day 'Aristotelian' political theories, such as communitarianism, civic republicanism and the capabilities approach, are also among the unique approaches offered by the book and are used to illustrate his original vision of politics. They can also, however, offer new insights into the problems of how to read his texts appropriately in their context and why we now need to read them, not only out of an antiquarian interest but also out of our concern for politics. This book compares Aristotle's own thought with present-day 'Aristotelian' political theories in order to reveal its distinctiveness.
Contents: Aristotelian political theories in a liberal democracy -- The good life and a good polis -- Democracy, polity and the mixed constitution -- Civic virtue -- Civic friendship -- Reciprocity in the political economy.