Review Article

The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics

Volume: 6 Number: 2 December 30, 2023
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The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics

Abstract

This study deals with Aristotle’s ideas on society in the context of his ethical and political philosophy focusing on the question of whether society emerges out of necessity or chance. Since his social philosophy is part of his ideas on society, morality, and politics, to respond to this question it analyzes his ideas on society as interconnected to his moral and political views. Moreover, it explains his ideas on life, soul, and mind exhibiting Aristotle’s perspective on these ideas in his philosophical system. Therefore, the study examines these ideas about his general philosophy concerning discussions about mind, life, human, and politics. Accordingly, it posits that society is the outcome of collective good and happiness, which is achieved through ethical behaviour. This habituation is the very product of politics that occurs through moral behavior whose telos is a just life amongst fellow humans. In this sense, it claims that Aristotle puts forward that society is not the product of either necessity or chance since human actions are neither automatic results of natural laws nor uncontrollable external forces.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Ethics , Social Theory

Journal Section

Review Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2023

Submission Date

September 28, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 15, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Akgün, R. C. (2023). The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics. Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.47948/efad.1367934
AMA
1.Akgün RC. The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics. KMU EFAD. 2023;6(2):215-225. doi:10.47948/efad.1367934
Chicago
Akgün, Recep Cemali. 2023. “The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics”. Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6 (2): 215-25. https://doi.org/10.47948/efad.1367934.
EndNote
Akgün RC (December 1, 2023) The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics. Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6 2 215–225.
IEEE
[1]R. C. Akgün, “The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics”, KMU EFAD, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 215–225, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.47948/efad.1367934.
ISNAD
Akgün, Recep Cemali. “The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics”. Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6/2 (December 1, 2023): 215-225. https://doi.org/10.47948/efad.1367934.
JAMA
1.Akgün RC. The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics. KMU EFAD. 2023;6:215–225.
MLA
Akgün, Recep Cemali. “The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics”. Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 215-2, doi:10.47948/efad.1367934.
Vancouver
1.Recep Cemali Akgün. The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics. KMU EFAD. 2023 Dec. 1;6(2):215-2. doi:10.47948/efad.1367934

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