Democracy, Justice, and Equality in Ancient Greece Historical and Philosophical Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anagnostopoulos, Georgios (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Santas, Gerasimos (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Philosophical Studies Series, 132
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History, Ancient.; Political philosophy.; History of Philosophy.; Ancient History.; Political Philosophy.

The original essays in this volume discuss ideas relating to political justice, distributive justice and addressing inequalities. These issues were as vigorously debated at the height of ancient Greek democracy as they are in many democratic societies today. Through perspectives from ancient Greece,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Institutions, Growth, and Inequality in Ancient Greece (Josiah Ober)
• Chapter 2. Economic Inequality, Poverty, and Democracy in Athens (Claire Taylor)
• Chapter 3. Plato on Equality and Democracy (Christopher J. Rowe)
• Chapter 4. Inequality, Intention, and Ignorance: Socrates on Punishment and the Human Good (Terry Penner)
• Chapter 5. Like-Mindedness: Plato's Solution to the Problem of Faction (Catherine McKeen and Nicholas D. Smith)
• Chapter 6. Plato on Inequalities, Justice, and Democracy (Gerasimos Santas)
• Chapter 7. Justice, Distribution of Resources, and (In)equalities in Aristotle's Ideal Constitution (Georgios Anagnostopoulos)
• Chapter 8. Aristotle on Freedom and Equality (David Keyt)
• Chapter 9. Virtue, Equality and Inequality in Aristotle's Politics (Deborah K. W. Modrak)
• Chapter 10. Aristotle on Inequality of Wealth (Paula Gottlieb)
• Chapter 11. Aristotle on Democracy and the Marketplace (Fred D. Miller, Jr.)
• Chapter 12. Equal but Not Equal: Plato and Aristotle on Women as Citizens (Dorothea Frede).