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Article: Recovering the Political Aristotle: A Critical Response to Smith.(Thomas Smith )
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- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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Thomas Smith presents an Aristotelian view of the common good that resembles much contemporary political theory in that it focuses on ethics rather than politics. Smith contends that Aristotle is a potent remedy to a society in crisis due to its unconcern about the common good. Against Smith's apolitical reading of Aristotle, we examine how Aristotle's views of common advantage, the multiple needs of citizens, and political friendship support neither harmonizing conceptions of the good nor a personal "radical conversion" that makes the common good our primary political concern. In engaging the political Aristotle, we find instead that he is concerned with the necessary ...
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