Full Idea
The end of political science is the highest good, and the chief concern of this science is to endue the citizens with certain qualities, namely virtue and readiness to do fine deeds.
Gist of Idea
Political science aims at the highest good, which involves creating virtue in citizens
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1099b29)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.81
A Reaction
This seems to be the core of modern communitarianism, which is much more paternalistic than is normally acceptable in a liberal democracy. Freedom is downgraded, and there is an assumption that legislators are generally wiser than citizens.
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