Abstract
The Greeks looked upon justice as virtue in action and therefore a virtue. The Greek conception of justice was the virtue of soul and injustice its vice. To both Plato and Aristotle justice meant goodness as well as willingness to obey laws. It connoted correspondence of rights and duties. Justice was the ideal of perfection in human relationships. And the spirit which animated men in the proper discharge of their duties. The promotion of balance and harmony in thought and action was pre-eminently social in character. Nature was the source of law and the duty of the state was ordinarily considered to be the application rather than the creation of the law. Aristotle, and Plato's justice, in fact both are complementary to each other, the aim of both philosophers is to find of a principle of capacity through which , unity, harmony , virtue and happiness can be established in the society. But in spite of this common agreement they differ in many fundamental respects from each other. This study will examine plato and Aristotle theory of justice and then a comparison between them. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n27p1163
Highlights
Justice has been one of the important issues in the history of philosophy
Obedience to laws was an essential element in the Hellenic conception of liberty.To the Greeks, “the city-state was both a church as well as a political institution, and its end was to promote among its citizens goodness and justice, the latter representing an ideal perfection in human relationships.(Bhandari,2002) This part deals with the theories of Plato and Aristotle as follows: 2. Plato’s Theory of Justice
Aristotle’s and Plato’s justice, both are complementary to each other, but they differ in many fundamental respects from each other
Summary
The Greeks looked upon justice as virtue in action and a virtue. The Greek conception of justice was the virtue of soul and injustice its vice. To both Plato and Aristotle justice meant goodness as well as willingness to obey laws. It connoted correspondence of rights and duties. Plato's justice, both are complementary to each other, the aim of both philosophers is to find of a principle of capacity through which , unity, harmony , virtue and happiness can be established in the society. This study will examine plato and Aristotle theory of justice and a comparison between them
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