caa a22 4500 38807843X CHVBK 20180307125205.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/2585578 doi S0003055400218224 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/2585578 Smith Thomas W. Villanova University Aristotle on the Conditions for and Limits of the Common Good [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas W. Smith] Contemporary debates over liberal political theory should encourage renewed investigation of the common good, and it is appropriate to begin by interrogating Aristotle's account. Aristotle argues that injustice stands in the way of the common good. Injustice is motivated by both overgrasping for scarce external goods, such as money, honor, and power, and by excessive desires. Aristotle argues that the common good requires a reorientation away from external goods to satisfying activities that do not diminish in the sharing. He sketches an analogical account of familial and political relationships that leads us to wonder what the political conditions are for the common good. Reflecting on these conditions not only points to the strict limits of the common good but also speaks to both sides in debates over liberal theory. Copyright © American Political Science Association 1999 American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 93/3(1999-09), 625-636 0003-0554 93:3<625 1999 93 PSR https://doi.org/10.2307/2585578 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/2585578 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Smith Thomas W. Villanova University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 93/3(1999-09), 625-636 0003-0554 93:3<625 1999 93 PSR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge