Does Aristotle think that political communities are a kind of “social contract”?
Why or why not? No I don’t think Aristotle saw the polis in terms of a social contract agreement. The social-contract exists so that individuals can leave the state of nature, due to fear of violence and death. In a polis, certainly a partnership existed, but this community did not exist to avert injustices or to provide economic stability . As discussed above, it existed to provide the good life- “[the community] exists for the sake of noble actions, not for the sake of living together”. – kurtsharpe I think it could be considered a social contract, although imagined in a different sense.To put it simply, Aristotle suggests that people form a community to make their lives good. Liberal theorists suggested that people formed a community to stop their lives from being bad. There is a difference, but I think it’s perhaps more subtle than you let on. – TomMathews • What is Aristotle’s attitude towards trade? Does he think trade is beneficial to a community? Why or why not? Aristotle ackno
