亚里士多德政治哲学的核心是两种观念,即公正是目的论的和公正是荣誉性的。在公正是目的论的论点里,公正对于权利的界定要求我们弄明白所讨论的社会行为的目的。在公正是荣誉性的论点里,公正是为了推理一种行为的目的性,或讨论之,至少要部分的推理或讨论它应当尊敬或奖励什么样的德性。对于理解亚里士多德的伦理学与政治学的关键而言,弄明白目的性与荣誉性之间的考量和关联尤为重要。 The core of Aristotle’s political philosophy is the two concepts that justice is teleology and justice is honor. In the orthodox thesis of justness, the just definition of rights requires us to understand the purpose of the social conduct in question. In a just and honorable argument, just is to reason about the purpose or discussion of a behavior, at least in part to reason about or discuss what kind of virtue it should respect or reward. The key to understanding the ethics and politics of Aristotle is to understand the considerations and connections between purpose and honor.