Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness

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Autor(a) principal: Faustino, Lucas Rocha
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/19068
Resumo: The friendship has founded a political relationship that put in the background any rule that instrumentalizes the relation between self and other. What is fundamental is not only our own “self-referential” desires or those of others, but the construction of a political-ethical base of action and “correlation” in which the key is what we have in common, i.e. what we share and consent. We defend, therefore, that it is such perspective that Aristotle seeks to support in VII Ethica Eudemia, VIII and IX Ethica Nicomachea (EN). Therefore, from the existential structure of man and thus maintaining consistency with Aristotle’s thoughts exposed in Politica, Physica, De Anima and Metaphysica, the friendship is, not by necessity, but by its political and ontocosmological constitution, an “appropriate” response to how men should relate to each other, namely: “ [...] man is a political creature and one whose nature is to live with others. Therefore even the happy man lives with others; for he has the things that are by nature good” (EN 1169b15-20).
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spelling Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishnessTeoria da amizade de Aristóteles e o egoísmo éticoPolitics. Aristotle. Self-sufficiency.Política. Aristóteles. Autossuficiência.The friendship has founded a political relationship that put in the background any rule that instrumentalizes the relation between self and other. What is fundamental is not only our own “self-referential” desires or those of others, but the construction of a political-ethical base of action and “correlation” in which the key is what we have in common, i.e. what we share and consent. We defend, therefore, that it is such perspective that Aristotle seeks to support in VII Ethica Eudemia, VIII and IX Ethica Nicomachea (EN). Therefore, from the existential structure of man and thus maintaining consistency with Aristotle’s thoughts exposed in Politica, Physica, De Anima and Metaphysica, the friendship is, not by necessity, but by its political and ontocosmological constitution, an “appropriate” response to how men should relate to each other, namely: “ [...] man is a political creature and one whose nature is to live with others. Therefore even the happy man lives with others; for he has the things that are by nature good” (EN 1169b15-20). A amizade funda uma relação política que secundariza qualquer primado instrumentalizador para as relações entre o eu e os outros, pois o que fundamentalmente está em jogo não são unicamente os próprios desejos “auto-referentes” ou os dos outros, mas a construção de uma base de ação e “co-relação” político-ética em que o fundamental é o que há de comum entre nós, o que “com-partilhamos” e “com-sentimos”. Defendemos, pois, que é tal perspectiva que Aristóteles procurará fundamentar em VII Ethica Eudemia e VIII, IX Ethica Nicomachea (EN). Dessa forma, a partir da estrutura existencial do homem, e assim mantendo a coerência com o que nos é exposto na Política, Physica, De Anima e Metaphysica, não por necessidade, mas por sua constituição política e ontocosmológica, a amizade apresenta-se como uma resposta “apropriada” ao modo como os homens devem relacionar-se, a saber: “o homem é um ser político e está na sua natureza o viver em comunidade. Por isso, mesmo o homem feliz viverá na companhia dos outros, visto possuir ele as coisas que são boas por natureza” (EN 1169b15-20). Universidade Federal do Ceará2014-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/19068Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia; No 12Argumentos - Periódico de Filosofia; Núm. 12Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia; n. 121984-42551984-4247reponame:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)instacron:UFCporhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/19068/29786Copyright (c) 2017 Argumentosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFaustino, Lucas Rocha2021-07-23T16:46:51Zoai:periodicos.ufc:article/19068Revistahttp://www.filosofia.ufc.br/argumentosPUBhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/oaiargumentos@ufc.br||1984-42551984-4247opendoar:2021-07-23T16:46:51Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online) - Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
Teoria da amizade de Aristóteles e o egoísmo ético
title Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
spellingShingle Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
Faustino, Lucas Rocha
Politics. Aristotle. Self-sufficiency.
Política. Aristóteles. Autossuficiência.
title_short Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
title_full Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
title_fullStr Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
title_full_unstemmed Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
title_sort Aristotle's theory of friendship and ethical selfishness
author Faustino, Lucas Rocha
author_facet Faustino, Lucas Rocha
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Politics. Aristotle. Self-sufficiency.
Política. Aristóteles. Autossuficiência.
topic Politics. Aristotle. Self-sufficiency.
Política. Aristóteles. Autossuficiência.
description The friendship has founded a political relationship that put in the background any rule that instrumentalizes the relation between self and other. What is fundamental is not only our own “self-referential” desires or those of others, but the construction of a political-ethical base of action and “correlation” in which the key is what we have in common, i.e. what we share and consent. We defend, therefore, that it is such perspective that Aristotle seeks to support in VII Ethica Eudemia, VIII and IX Ethica Nicomachea (EN). Therefore, from the existential structure of man and thus maintaining consistency with Aristotle’s thoughts exposed in Politica, Physica, De Anima and Metaphysica, the friendship is, not by necessity, but by its political and ontocosmological constitution, an “appropriate” response to how men should relate to each other, namely: “ [...] man is a political creature and one whose nature is to live with others. Therefore even the happy man lives with others; for he has the things that are by nature good” (EN 1169b15-20).
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