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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
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21047
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Aristotle thought slavery is just if it is both necessary and natural [Aristotle, by Sandel]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Allowing defamatory speech is against society's interests, by blurring which people are trustworthy [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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'Freedom from' is an empty idea, if the freedom is not from impediments to my desires [Charvet]
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Positive freedom can lead to coercion, if you are forced to do what you chose to do [Charvet]
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First level autonomy is application of personal values; second level is criticising them [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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Mere equality, as in two trees being the same height, has no value at all [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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Inequalities are worse if they seem to be your fault, rather than social facts [Charvet]
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Money allows unlimited inequalities, and we obviously all agree to money [Charvet]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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For Aristotle, debates about justice are debates about the good life [Aristotle, by Sandel]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / b. Rule of law
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The rule of law is mainly to restrict governments [Charvet]
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The 1689 Bill of Rights denied the monarch new courts, or the right to sit as judge [Charvet]
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From 1701 only parliament could remove judges, whose decisions could not be discussed [Charvet]
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Justice superior to the rule of law is claimed on behalf of the workers, or the will of the nation [Charvet]
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The rule of law mainly benefits those with property and liberties [Charvet]
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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 / E. Policies / 3. Welfare provision
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Welfare is needed if citizens are to accept the obligations of a liberal state [Charvet]
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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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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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