Aristotle: Natural Right, the Boundaries of its Immutability and the Best "Natural" Constitution
Keywords:
Natural Right, Variability, Immutability, Constitution according to NatureAbstract
This paper deals with the notion of natural right and its mutability according to Aristotle, in discussion with the sophistic notion of "natural". For the sophists what is by nature is the same everywhere: fire burns in the same way in Athens and in Persia. The right by convention, on the contrary, is changeable depending on circumstances. Aristotle discusses this idea and argues that natural right is also variable, although in a different way than right by convention. With the help of Thomas Aquinas, the enigmatic affirmation "the best political constitution is that according to nature" is also examined
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