"Rights, Individualism, Community: Aristotle and the Communitarian-Liberalism Debate" by Jeffery L Nicholas

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Rights, Individualism, Community: Aristotle and the Communitarian-Liberalism Debate

Review Journal of Political Philosophy (2003)

Jeffery L Nicholas, Providence College

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Abstract

I argue that Aristotle could not be a fore-runner to liberalism, because his view of humanity is that human beings are constituted by a community and achieve self-fulfillment only as so constituted. Thus, Aristotle endorses a unique position that defends the freedom and self-development of the individual within the parameters of a social order.

Keywords

Aristotle,
Communitarianism,
Liberalism,
Alasdair MacIntyre,
Individualism,
Community

Disciplines

Ethics and Political Philosophy,
History of Philosophy and
Political Theory

Publication Date

2003

Citation Information

Jeffery L Nicholas. "Rights, Individualism, Community: Aristotle and the Communitarian-Liberalism Debate" Review Journal of Political Philosophy Vol. 1 Iss. 1-2 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffery_l_nicholas/9/