Justice and Reciprocity in Aristotle''s Political Philosophy

Examines Aristotle's approaches to how to develop a political community based on the notions of justice and friendship.

List of contents

1. Aristotelian political theories in a liberal democracy; 2. The good life and a good polis; 3. Democracy, polity and the mixed constitution; 4. Civic virtue; 5. Civic friendship; 6. Reciprocity in the political economy; Conclusions.

About the author

Kazutaka Inamura is Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Hirosaki University, Japan.

Summary

How do Aristotle's ethical concepts offer a basis for his political philosophy, and how is that philosophy relevant to politics today? In this book, Kazutaka Inamura examines Aristotle's notions of justice, friendship, democracy, citizenship and the mixed constitution, and explores the receptions of his political thought in present-day democratic theories.

Product details

• Authors: Kazutaka Inamura, Kazutaka (Hirosaki University Inamura, Inamura Kazutaka
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107110946
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11094-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE