Civil Society and Social Justice: A Prospectus

[...]Aristotle and Aquinas had no need to speak of social justice because the phrase would be redundant. Entailed in this description was the recognition that the locus of production was not or was not optimally the household or the estate, but an indefinite network linked together by markets. [...]...

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Published in:The independent review (Oakland, Calif.) Calif.), 2019-06, Vol.24 (1), p.85-94
Main Author: Stoner, James R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aristotle
Borders
Cities
Civil society
Criticism and interpretation
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Households
Morality
New Thinking about Social Justice
Oligarchy
Ownership
Philosophy
Political aspects
Political philosophers
Politics
Slavery
Social justice
Wealth
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Summary:[...]Aristotle and Aquinas had no need to speak of social justice because the phrase would be redundant. Entailed in this description was the recognition that the locus of production was not or was not optimally the household or the estate, but an indefinite network linked together by markets. [...]although states were needed to protect rights of ownership and enforce contracts of exchange, the expansion of wealth often depended on commercial relations that crossed state borders, and even within those borders state action was often more apt to suppress than to foster growth. [...]I sketch a prospectus for thinking about social justice in the context of the modern world. [...]Abram Shulsky, who catalogs the difficulties in Aristotle's account of slavery and acquisition, concludes that Aristotle's intention in remaining obscure must have been rhetorical, to guide his readers toward virtue and away from unlimited accumulation of wealth (1991, 105-11).
ISSN:1086-1653
2169-3420