... : violation of law and unequal attitude to equals. Aristotle's ethics and politics have different foundations. He considers human being to be a "political animal-, while the matter of politics is to study the way a human being gets settled in political State, i.e. a particular way he exercises his relations, which is the subject matter of ethics. State is the objective every society aspires to ... "association of people, who are similar to one another, with a view to a possible better existence-. Such an association requires leisure time, external wealth and power and certain personal qu...

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... , education, religion, and reproduction. Thomas also taught that--to be just--laws passed by human beings must not contradict divine law." "Ethics and politics. For Aristotle, ethics and politics both study practical knowledge, that is, knowledge that enables people to act properly and live happily. Aristotle's works on this subject include the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics." "Aristotle argued that the ... they do not know what actions will produce happiness. Plato further claimed that happiness is the natural consequence of a healthy state of the soul. Because moral virtue makes u...

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