Some aspects on natural right in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (EN, v, 10, 1134b18 – 1135a5)

Authors

  • Jefferson Luiz França Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Keywords:

Aristote, natural rights, mutability

Abstract

This paper examines the discussion of natural rights by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics and puts forward the proposal that, despite the Stagirite’s allowance for the uniqueness of individual action and the concreteness of actual life, he is looking for an invariable and universal axis around which to articulate the requirement of diversity proper to human nature – so as to refute the perspective of the sophists that he fought against so much.

Author Biography

Jefferson Luiz França, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Mestrando em Direitos Humanos pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.Especialista em Filosofia pela Universidade Estácio de Sá.Bacharel em Direito pela Faculdade Integrada de Pernambuco.Analista Jurídico do Ministério Público de Pernambuco.

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Published

2015-07-23

Issue

No. 35 (2015)

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Articles

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