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... Aristotle left off . In his customary fashion , Aristotle combines keen theoretical insight with great down - to - earth practi- cality . He not only discusses justice as a moral virtue and analyzes its place among the other virtues ...
... Aristotle left off . In his customary fashion , Aristotle combines keen theoretical insight with great down - to - earth practi- cality . He not only discusses justice as a moral virtue and analyzes its place among the other virtues ...
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... Aristotle points out , equality must be preserved . This occurs when each per- son involved in the sale gives as much as he receives . Justice in this sense , Aristotle says , " consists in having an equal amount before and after the ...
... Aristotle points out , equality must be preserved . This occurs when each per- son involved in the sale gives as much as he receives . Justice in this sense , Aristotle says , " consists in having an equal amount before and after the ...
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... Aristotle distinguishes between natural and legal justice as follows : ... natural [ justice is ] that which ... Aristotle's distinction parallels that between mala in se and mala prohibita in the common law . Mala in se are those things ...
... Aristotle distinguishes between natural and legal justice as follows : ... natural [ justice is ] that which ... Aristotle's distinction parallels that between mala in se and mala prohibita in the common law . Mala in se are those things ...
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PLATO Euthyphro Laws Apology | 17 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 29 |
SelfTesting Questions | 60 |
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