By critically inheriting the ideas of platonic justice, Aristotle first investigates the connotation of jus-tice and its types and deeply discusses the problem of how to realize justice in his Nicomachean Ethics and Politics in a complete and systematic way.In his opinion, justice is a perfect virtue which law-abiding and equal people pay at-tention to. In fact, two ways are needed to realize it:One is individual’s moral cultivation, i.e. individuals should do just things, cultivate the virtue of justice, generosity, fraternity, and lead a life of polis;the other is the political con-struction of society, i.e. the society should construct a good government system which reflects the public interests, re-alize the rule of law and establish the mechanism of balance of power.%亚里士多德通过批判地继承柏拉图的正义思想,在《尼各马可伦理学》和《政治学》中第一次全面、系统地考察了正义概念的内涵及其种类,深入地探讨了如何实现正义的问题。在他看来,正义是人的一种守法且讲究平等的完满德性,其实现需要两个途径:一是个体的德性涵育,即个体应该做公正之事,培养公正、大度、友爱德性,过城邦生活;二是社会的政治建构,即社会应该建构一个体现公共利益的优良政体,实行法治,建立权力制衡机制。
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