Politics

Politics Questions and Answers

What is Aristotle’s definition of politics? And do you agree with his definition?

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Aristotle says the city-state or polis "comes to be for the sake of living, but it remains in existence for the sake of living well" (chapter 2). What does he mean by that? What do notions of "the beneficial or harmful...just or unjust...good or bad" have to do with the city-state?

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Aristotle talks about “master” and “slaves." Who or what are they, and what is their relationship to each other? Why are there slaves at all? What does it means to be a citizen, as Aristotle understands it? What do citizens do? How is Aristotle’s understanding of citizenship different from our own modern America notion of it?

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Explain what appealed to northern voters about the Republican party and how this led to Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential contest.

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Aristotle said that "man is a political animal." How do men achieve such a status? How does understanding the "political animal" help us to understand Aristotle's theory of men and society?

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Can you justify Occupy WS in the light of Plato's notion of justice and Aristotle's notion of politics?

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What is Aristotle's notion of politics?

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In Politics, what are the primary causes as Aristotle sees it which compel human beings to commit injustice? Aristotle says that “bees or any other gregarious animals” are political, but that human beings are the most political animal. What makes a bee a political animal, and what makes human beings the most political animal (from chapter 2)?

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Explain Aristotle’s early philosophy of women’s role in society and how it informs the current global women’s movement.

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