Law and the Good Life: On the Political Philosophy of Aristotle - Robert C. Bartlett - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226854656 - December 18, 2026
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Robert C. Bartlett
Law and the Good Life: On the Political Philosophy of Aristotle

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A fresh reading of the relationship between moral and political philosophy in Aristotle’s thought. Our democracies promise the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—at least, within the confines of the law. Yet the law is an ineffective guide to the good life; laws can be arbitrary, even immoral.

What other limit, then, should direct us as we pursue our own fulfillment?  In Law and the Good Life, philosopher Robert C. Bartlett examines Aristotle’s consideration of this question. Rather than defer to authority, Aristotle invites us to ground ourselves in moral virtue and intellectual fulfillment, an argument he develops in both Politics and Nicomachean Ethics.

As political creatures, Aristotle tells us, we are capable of moral action and therefore must embrace that capacity; at the same time, as rational creatures, we must understand what is true, even without regard to action. In taking these insights together, Bartlett offers a new reading of Aristotle’s political philosophy, one he hopes might serve as a prudent lodestar in our own turbulent times.

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To be released December 18, 2026
ISBN13 9780226854656
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 304
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   454 g

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