Naturalistische politische Anthropologie und Naturrecht bei Aristoteles
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Christoph Horn
Abstract
Naturalistic political anthropology and natural law in Aristotle. The idea that positive law must have a moral foundation to be considered legitimate is familiar from the tradition of moral natural law and can already be found in the Stoics. However, Aristotle’s emphasis on the ‘natural’ foundations of the political raises the question of whether his thinking on law should already be attributed to the moral model of natural law. Does Aristotle present a normative naturalism - and if so, what kind? Perhaps a position close to that of moral natural law? To clarify this, the article analyses passages in which Aristotle addresses the concept of the ‘naturally just’ (physei dikaion). However, the state of research on this issue is highly controversial. My thesis is that Aristotle is not too far removed from the classical natural law position as it has been understood since the Stoics.
Abstract
Naturalistic political anthropology and natural law in Aristotle. The idea that positive law must have a moral foundation to be considered legitimate is familiar from the tradition of moral natural law and can already be found in the Stoics. However, Aristotle’s emphasis on the ‘natural’ foundations of the political raises the question of whether his thinking on law should already be attributed to the moral model of natural law. Does Aristotle present a normative naturalism - and if so, what kind? Perhaps a position close to that of moral natural law? To clarify this, the article analyses passages in which Aristotle addresses the concept of the ‘naturally just’ (physei dikaion). However, the state of research on this issue is highly controversial. My thesis is that Aristotle is not too far removed from the classical natural law position as it has been understood since the Stoics.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Einleitung 1
- Erste Zugänge, Themen und Wirkungen. Politische Anthropologie in der Vorsokratik 21
- „Der Mensch – eine Welt im Kleinen“. Zur politischen Anthropologie Demokrits 41
- Human weakness and human sociability in Plato’s Protagoras and the Cynics 77
- Tiere und Tiermetaphorik in Platons politischer Anthropologie 97
- Aristoteles über die anthropologischen Grundlagen der polis 121
- Naturalistische politische Anthropologie und Naturrecht bei Aristoteles 143
- Mensch, Staat, Kosmos. Zur politischen Anthropologie in der Stoa 161
- The kind enslaver and Seneca’s failure to conceive of an ideal at the heart of his philosophy 177
- Ciceros politische Anthropologie und ihre normativen Implikationen. Der Vorrang der Gemeinschaft vor dem Individuum 203
- Augustinus über Heilsgeschichte und irdisches Staatswesen. Anthropologische Grundlagen 229
- Menschliche Natur und gutes Leben. Martha Nussbaums neoaristotelische politische Anthropologie 253
- Verzeichnis der Beitragenden 271
- Index Locorum 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Einleitung 1
- Erste Zugänge, Themen und Wirkungen. Politische Anthropologie in der Vorsokratik 21
- „Der Mensch – eine Welt im Kleinen“. Zur politischen Anthropologie Demokrits 41
- Human weakness and human sociability in Plato’s Protagoras and the Cynics 77
- Tiere und Tiermetaphorik in Platons politischer Anthropologie 97
- Aristoteles über die anthropologischen Grundlagen der polis 121
- Naturalistische politische Anthropologie und Naturrecht bei Aristoteles 143
- Mensch, Staat, Kosmos. Zur politischen Anthropologie in der Stoa 161
- The kind enslaver and Seneca’s failure to conceive of an ideal at the heart of his philosophy 177
- Ciceros politische Anthropologie und ihre normativen Implikationen. Der Vorrang der Gemeinschaft vor dem Individuum 203
- Augustinus über Heilsgeschichte und irdisches Staatswesen. Anthropologische Grundlagen 229
- Menschliche Natur und gutes Leben. Martha Nussbaums neoaristotelische politische Anthropologie 253
- Verzeichnis der Beitragenden 271
- Index Locorum 273
