Generosity and Property in Aristotle's Politics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23142016
AutoresT H Irwin, Terence Irwin (Cornell University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1987
Volumen4
Número2
Páginas37-54
Fecha de publicación1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Philosophy and Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0265-0525 • E-ISSN: 1471-6437
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0265052500000534
OpenAlexW1994902127
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas1

Etymology might encourage us to begin a discussion of Aristotle on philanthropy with a discussion of philanthropia ; and it is instructive to see why this is not quite the right place to look. The Greek term initially refers to a generalized attitude of kindness and consideration for a human being. The gods accuse Prometheus of being a ‘human-lover’, intending the term in an unfavorable sense, when he confers on human beings the benefits that should have been confined to the gods. Aristotle uses the abstract noun only once, to refer to sympathetic fellow-feeling ( Rhet. 1390a18–23); and he mentions our feeling of kinship with other human beings to explain our approval of the philanthropos person ( Eth. Nic. 1155a16–21). Philanthropia is the attitude of a kind and considerate person, even if she lacks material resources, and it can be displayed without the transfer of material resources.

Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Etymology · Feeling · Generosity · Kindness · Kinship · Linguistics · Obligation · Political science · Politics · Property (philosophy) · Sociology · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology