Lawgivers, Virtue, and the Mixed Regime: Reflections on Richard Bodéüs’s The Political Dimensions of Aristotle’s Ethics
DOI
10.1017/S0012217319000325
Abstract
In this paper, I engage with the works of Richard Bodéüs about Aristotle’s understanding of the relationship between law, virtue, and education. I argue that there is an important difference between the demands of the law and those of reason, especially in the defective, but more common, regimes. This difference is also found in the best regime possible for most cities, the mixed regime Aristotle calls ‘polity’ (or, in Greek, politeia), insofar as it represents a balance between oligarchy and democracy. To educate citizens in this regime requires what Aristotle calls “political philosophy.”
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-19-2020
Publisher Statement
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association/Association canadienne de philosophie 2020.
Recommended Citation
Cherry, Kevin. “Lawgivers, Virtue, and the Mixed Regime: Reflections on Richard Bodéüs’s The Political Dimensions of Aristotle’s Ethics.” Dialogue 59, no. 1 (2020): 31–50. doi:10.1017/S0012217319000325.