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Ideas for Aristotle, Sphaerus and James Baillie
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
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Aristotle thought slavery is just if it is both necessary and natural [Aristotle, by Sandel]
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Natural slaves are those naturally belonging to another, or who can manage no more than labouring [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 6. Political freedom
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One principle of liberty is to take turns ruling and being ruled [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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Equality is obviously there to help people who do not get priority in the constitution [Aristotle]
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2834
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It is always the weak who want justice and equality, not the strong [Aristotle]
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2830
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We can claim an equal right to aristocratic virtue, as well as to wealth or freedom [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 2. Political equality
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It is dreadful to neither give a share nor receive a share [Aristotle]
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The Heraeans replaced election with lot, to thwart campaigning [Aristotle]
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Faction is for inferiors to be equal, and equals to become superior [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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Phaleas proposed equality of property, provided there is equality of education [Aristotle]
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Wealth could be quickly leveled by only the rich giving marriage dowries [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Law is intelligence without appetite [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
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Property should be owned privately, but used communally [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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The virtue of justice may be relative to a particular constitution [Aristotle]
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Justice is the order in a political community [Aristotle]
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Justice is equality for equals, and inequality for unequals [Aristotle]
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For Aristotle, debates about justice are debates about the good life [Aristotle, by Sandel]
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The best cure for mutual injustice is friendship [Aristotle]
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The good is obviously justice, which benefits the whole community, and involves equality in some sense [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system
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If it is easy to change the laws, that makes them weaker [Aristotle]
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Man is the worst of all animals when divorced from law and justice [Aristotle]
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Laws that match people's habits are more effective than mere written rules [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / b. Rule of law
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It is preferable that law should rule rather than any single citizen [Aristotle]
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Correct law should be in control, with rulers only deciding uncertain issues [Aristotle]
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It is said that we should not stick strictly to written law, as it is too vague [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
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Natural justice is the same everywhere, and does not (unlike legal justice) depend on acceptance [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime
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It is noble to avenge oneself on one's enemies, and not come to terms with them [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
2840
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The whole state should pay for the worship of the gods [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
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A state is plural, and needs education to make it a community [Aristotle]
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A city has a single end, so education must focus on that, and be communal, not private [Aristotle]
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The aim of serious childhood play is the amusement of the complete adult [Aristotle]
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
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Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead [Aristotle, by Diog. Laertius]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
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Intellectual virtue arises from instruction (and takes time), whereas moral virtue result from habit [Aristotle]
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Men learn partly by habit, and partly by listening [Aristotle]
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Wise men aren't instructed; they instruct [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
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Abortions should be procured before the embryo has acquired life and sensation [Aristotle]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
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A suicide embraces death to run away from hardships, rather than because it is a fine deed [Aristotle]
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