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DEMOCRACY JUSTICE AND EQUALITY IN ANCIENT GREEC...

The original essays in this volume discuss ideas relating to democracy  political justice 
equality and inequalities in the distribution of resources and public goods. These issues were
as vigorously debated at the height of ancient Greek democracy as they are in many democratic
societies today. Contributing authors address these issues and debates about them from both
philosophical and historical perspectives. Readers will discover research on the role of
Athenian democracy in moderating economic inequality and reducing poverty  on ancient debates
about how to respond to inborn and social inequalities  and on Platös and Aristotle¿s critiques
of Greek participatory democracies. Early chapters examine Platös views on equality  justice 
and the distribution of political and non-political goods  including his defense of the
abolition of private property for the ruling classes and of the equality of women in his ideal
constitution and polis. Other papers discuss views of Socrates or Aristotle that are
particularly relevant to contemporary political and economic disputes about punishment  freedom
slavery  the status of women  and public education  to name a few. This thorough consideration
of the ancient Greeks' work on democracy  justice  and equality will appeal to scholars and
researchers of the history of philosophy  Greek history  classics  as well as those with an
interest in political philosophy.

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