POLS 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Koinonia, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Eudaimonia
6 Oct 2020
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But the law itself can sometimes be unjust. All law is universal but about some things it is not possible to make a universal statement". Justice requires the capacity to make equitable exceptions. Equity" (ne v. 10, 1137b): equity is a correction of legal justice". We need to know more about the state - a science of the polis" (ne 1. 2; 10. 9) and the art of legislation". 1. 1: every state [polis] is an association [koinonia]. ". Koinonia - implies equality of status among members of the association ( citizens") But the converse is not true: not every association is a state. 1. 1: every association [koinonia] is established with a view to some good. But recall the doctrine of the good from the ethics - not all purposes are equally valuable. The highest good= the good life" (pol. The distinction between polis & oikos in politics 1. 1.
