Friendship, Justice, and Aristotle: Some Reasons to Be Sceptical |
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Authors: | Simon Hope |
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Institution: | 1. Philosophy, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Abstract: | It is sometimes held that modern institutionally-focussed conceptions of social justice are lacking in one essential respect: they ignore the importance of civic friendship or solidarity. It is also, typically simultaneously, held that Aristotle’s thought provides a fertile ground for elucidating an account of civic friendship. I argue, first, that Aristotle is no help on this score: he has no conception of distinctively civic friendship. I then go on to argue that the Kantian distinction between perfect and imperfect duties is more useful than talk of civic friendship in capturing the non-institutional demands of social justice. |
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