The Necessity and Chance in Aristotle’s Theory of Society and Ethics

Authors : Recep Cemali Akgün

Pages : 215-225

Doi:10.47948/efad.1367934

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Publication Date : 2023-12-30

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :This study deals with Aristotle’s ideas on society in the context of his ethical and political philosophy focusing on the question of whether society emerges out of necessity or chance. Since his social philosophy is part of his ideas on society, morality, and politics, to respond to this question it analyzes his ideas on society as interconnected to his moral and political views. Moreover, it explains his ideas on life, soul, and mind exhibiting Aristotle’s perspective on these ideas in his philosophical system. Therefore, the study examines these ideas about his general philosophy concerning discussions about mind, life, human, and politics. Accordingly, it posits that society is the outcome of collective good and happiness, which is achieved through ethical behaviour. This habituation is the very product of politics that occurs through moral behavior whose telos is a just life amongst fellow humans. In this sense, it claims that Aristotle puts forward that society is not the product of either necessity or chance since human actions are neither automatic results of natural laws nor uncontrollable external forces.
Keywords : Aristotelesin Etiği, Aristotelesin Toplum Kuramı, Zorunluluk, Şans