seyyed majid kamali; mohammad meshkat; yoosef shaqool; saeed binaye moutlaq
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Winter and Spring 2016, , Pages 115-132
Abstract
In this article, it is a matter of expressing (analyzing) the Hegelian reading from Aristotelian ethics under two fundamental concepts, that is, "happiness" and "virtue" and also the implications of this reading. According to Hegelian Interpretation, two above concepts have more social functions than ...
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In this article, it is a matter of expressing (analyzing) the Hegelian reading from Aristotelian ethics under two fundamental concepts, that is, "happiness" and "virtue" and also the implications of this reading. According to Hegelian Interpretation, two above concepts have more social functions than Aristotelian and classical one. Moreover they have also subjective objectify through which Individual and community in dialectical process in a virtual framework can receive the only Good, that is, freedom. Originality and in a sense priority of the political thought in Hegel's philosophical system requires an ethical system that can act beyond Aristotelian moral naturalism and explain external relations and the requirements of social and political life. Thus in Hegel's thought, happiness and virtue have however the unique important such as Aristotle's ethical system, their roles go beyond the education of people. This study demonstrates that Hegel, by employing the two fundamental concepts of Aristotelian ethics, happiness and virtue, in the general framework of his thinking, provides the basis for the transformation of their meaning
Mohammad Moshkat; Mohsen Fazeli
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Summer and Autumn 2015, , Pages 105-135
Abstract
Philosopher and historian of ideas, Isaiah Berlin, is one of the most famous and prominent contemporary liberals. His exposition on two kinds of liberty has brought a lot of political, social and ethical discussions concerning the concept of freedom. According to him, the important thing in the human ...
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Philosopher and historian of ideas, Isaiah Berlin, is one of the most famous and prominent contemporary liberals. His exposition on two kinds of liberty has brought a lot of political, social and ethical discussions concerning the concept of freedom. According to him, the important thing in the human being and even what the humanity is based on is ‘choice’, and therefore, freedom is important because it provides a ground to choice. In all aspects of Berlin’s ideas including: value pluralism, rejection of historical determinism, rejection of utopianism and defense of democracy (of course a democracy which its negative aspects are limited and controlled by critics and intellectuals) the trace of ‘freedom’ is evident, and his concern to defending liberty is perceptible and comprehensible. In this paper we’ll firstly explain the negative and positive concepts of liberty, and then, we’ll consider the different aspects of it through a critical perspective.
