"What is the relationship between politics and economics? Many of today's most pressing political issues are economic in nature. Whether it is the question of the distribution of wealth in society or the extent to which international commerce should be encouraged, politics and economics are inextricably linked in contemporary political discourse. Regardless of the particular questions at stake in these debates, there is a fundamental moral question at their foundation that is often ignored: What is the good of politics and economics? Though the different sides in debates about politics and economics often argue implicitly from the assumption that their approach is good, those engaging in the debate and their observers are surprisingly ill-equipped to engage the moral question itself. Aristotle's political philosophy, however, takes on this moral question directly. Through a careful inquiry into human nature and the many longings driving human beings - particularly for happiness and friendship - Aristotle shows the necessity for politics and economics to be understood in relation to a good that neither art can achieve on its own"--.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Problem of the Money-Making Art in Aristotle’s Politics
  • Natural Acquisition, Natural Exchange, and Community (Politics 1256a1–1257a30)
    • Natural Acquisition (Politics 1256a19–b26)
    • The Natural Art of Exchange (Politics 1256b26–1257a19)
    • Natural Exchange and Community (Politics 1257a19–30)
  • The Money-Making Art and the Problem of Gain (Politics 1257a30–b31)
    • Legal-Currency, the Money-Making Art, and Gain (Politics 1257a30–b4)
    • Legal-Currency, the Art of Retail-Trade, and the Redefinition of Wealth (Politics 1257b5–31)
  • Law and the Contemplative Foundations of Arts and Communities (Politics 1253b1–23, 1255b37–1256a3, 1255a3–b4)
  • Use, Human Nature, and the Confusion between the Arts of Household Management and Money-Making (Politics 1257b32–1258a14)
  • Conclusion: The Money-Making Art’s Natural Boundary and the Good (Politics 1258a14–19)
• Chapter 2: Liberating Household Management and Political Life from Money-Making
  • The Art of Household Management, the Political Art, and the Idea of Subordinate Arts (Politics 1253b23–1254a17, 1258a19–34)
  • Human Nature and the Money-Making Art’s Need for Political Rule (Politics 1252a7–16, 24–33, 1253b14–23, 1254a17–1255a3, 1255b4–37, 1258a34–b8)
    • Discovering Political Rule’s Free Character through the Natural Slave (Politics 1254a17–1255a3)
    • Household Management, Political Rule, and the Human Need to be Free (Politics 1255b4–37)
    • Nature as the Authoritative Source for Exchange (Politics 1258a34–b8)
  • Contemplation and a Free Approach to Economics and Politics (Politics 1258b9–1259a36)
    • Nature and the Use of the Money-Making Art (Politics 1258b12–39)
    • Philosophy, Money-Making, and the Tension between Economics and Politics (Politics 1258b39–1259a36)
  • Conclusion: Politics, Economics, and the Question of the Good (Politics 1282b14–23)
• Chapter 3: Choice and the Intellectual Foundations of Politics and Economics
  • Ends and the Political Art (Ethics 1094a1–1095a25)
    • Approaching the Human Need for the Good (Ethics 1094a1–26)
    • The Political Art (Ethics 1094a26–1095a25)
  • Prudence, the Political Art, and Household Management (Ethics 1099b29–32, 1102a5–31, 1104b30–1105a13, 1112a30–b12, 1113a15–b2, 1130b22–29, 1139a1–1142a30, 1143a35–b14)
    • Intellect and Desire, Choice, and Human Nature (Ethics 1102a26–31, 1112a30–b12, 1113a15–b2, 1139a1–b5)
    • Prudence and Seeking the Good Things with Truth (Ethics 1139b11–1140b30)
    • The Intellectual Foundations of Politics and Economics (Ethics 1140b31–1142a30, 1143a35–b14)
  • Conclusion: Wisdom, Experience, and the Search for the Good (Ethics 1143b18–21, 1144a3–6, 1144b6–16, 1145a6–11)
• Chapter 4: Choice and the Limits of Self-Sufficiency as a Political and Economic End
  • The City and Self-Sufficiency (Politics 1252a1–1253a39)
  • Self-Sufficiency and Happiness (Ethics 1095a14–1100b22, 1101a22–b9, 1102a5–26, 1112a13–17, 1113a9–14)
    • The Good and Potential Choiceworthy Lives for Happiness (Ethics 1095a14–1096a10)
    • The Practical Good and Self-Sufficiency (Ethics 1096a11–1098b8, 1103b26–1104b3, 1138b20–34)
    • The Good Things, Happiness, and Pleasure (Ethics 1098b9–1100b22, 1101a22–b9, 1102a5–26, 1112a13–17, 1113a9–14)
  • Conclusion: Pleasure, Friendship, and Aristotle’s Approach to a Free Politics and Economics
• Chapter 5: Political Philosophy, Pleasure, and the Good Things
  • Hexis and Trust in Logos (Ethics 1105a17–19, 1105b9–18, 1145a15–27, 1145b8–14, 1146b24–35, 1147a10–b19)
  • Pleasure and the Good Things (Ethics 1147b20–31, 1148a4–32, 1148b15–24, 1149a34–1150a8, 1150b29–36, 1151a11–19)
  • The Political Philosopher’s Contemplation of Pleasures and Pains (Ethics 1152b1–1153b25)
  • Logos, Pleasure, and Human Nature (Ethics 1153b25–1154b34)
  • Conclusion: Political Philosophy, Pleasure, and Friendship’s Natural View of Economics
• Chapter 6: Friendship and the Natural Foundations of Politics and Economics
  • The Three Forms of Friendship and the Liberal Love of the Good (Ethics 1155b17–1159b21)
  • Friendship, the Decent, and the Natural Boundaries of Political and Economic Self-Sufficiency (Ethics 1123b14–21, 1124a1–20, 1129a23–b6, 1166a1–b2, 1168a28–1171a20, 1171b29–1172a15)
  • Conclusion: Friendship, Philosophy, and Freedom in Economics and Politics (Ethics 1163b1–5)
• Chapter 7: Justice, Pleasure, and the Good
  • Justice, Gain, Pleasure, and the Decent (Ethics 1109a20–35, 1129a3–21, 1130a5–b5, 1134b18–1135a5, 1137a31–1138a3)
  • Pleasure and Logos (Ethics 1172a19–1173a5)
  • Pleasure and the Contemplative Life’s Self-Sufficiency (Ethics 1173b31–1174a12, 1174b14–23, 1175a3–1179a35)
  • The Natural Limits of Logos and Law (Ethics 1179a33–1180b7)
  • Conclusion: The Intellect, Justice, and the Search for the Good (Ethics 1180b28–1181a12, 1181b1–15)
• Chapter 8: Justice, Economic Exchange, and Friendship
  • The Partial Forms of Justice in Political and Economic Life (Ethics 1129b11–1131a33, 1131b25–1132a22, 1132b11–1133b23, 1134a23–b18, 1136a34–b14)
  • Friendship, Justice, and Community (Politics 1259a37–1260b24, Ethics 1159b20–1160a30, 1161a32–1162b31, 1163a21–1165b20, 1167b17–1168a29)
    • Friendship, the Just, and the Household (Ethics 1159b20–1160a30, 1161a32–1162a29)
    • Friendship, Exchange, and the Problem of Worth (Ethics 1162a35–b31, 1163a21–1165b20, 1167b17–1168a29)
  • Conclusion: Justice and Political Philosophy (Politics 1279b11–1280a21, 1280b29–39, 1282b14–30)
• Chapter 9: Economics’ Need for Political Philosophy
  • Property and Political Community (Ethics 1167a22–b16, Politics 1260b27–1261b40, 1262b7–24, 1263a21–1264a1, 1264b24–25, 1266a31–1267b21)
    • Friendship and the Failings of Common Property (Politics 1261a10–1261b40, 1262b7–24, 1263a21–1264a1, 1264b24–25)
    • Phaleas and the Limits of Equal Property for Political Community (Politics 1266a31–1267b21)
  • The Middle Polity and Managing Economic Inequality (Politics 1279a17–b10, 1288b33–39, 1294b13–16, 1295a25–1296a12)
  • Conclusion: Friendship and Political Philosophy’s Necessary Provision of the Good to Politics and Economics
• Conclusion
• Glossary
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  • F
  • G
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• Notes
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
• Bibliography
• Index