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The article provides a new translation and interpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics M3, arguing that Aristotle uses there the QUA as a perspective of intellectual action: an operator on actions rather than a filter on objects. Instead of Aristotle's mathematics being a science of “Objects QUA...
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Alasdair MacIntyre argues that the Enlightenment ideology, which includes Adam Smith's moral theory, lacks any sense of … part of Smith's moral framework, which does have touches of an Aristotelian-based virtue ethics that seeks the perfection … of people. From this assertion, the question arises whether a Smithian based moral theory is a sufficient foundation on …
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This paper sustains that reappraising Austrian economics in the light of Aristotelian ideas is not only possible but also fruitful. First, the paper draws a sketch of the essential features of Austrian economics. Next, it argues about the necessity for a thorough analysis of the notion of...
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Ayn Rand viewed copyrights and patents as natural rights that were secured by legislation, rather than as monopoly privileges that were created by the state. Other Objectivist writers have followed suit. This article disputes this thesis on the grounds that it fails to recognize the distinction...
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