Aristotle's Politics Today

Lenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He is the author or editor of many books, including Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy (coedited with Heidi M. Ravven); Maimonides and His Heritage (coedited with Idit Dobbs-Weinstein and James Allen Grady); and Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, all published by SUNY Press. Robert B. Talisse is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Vanderbilt University and the author of several books, including Democracy After Liberalism: Pragmatism and Deliberative Politics.

• IntroductionLenn E. Goodman and Robert B. Talisse 1. Aristotelian Statecraft and Modern PoliticsFred D. Miller, Jr. 2. Aristotle and the Liberal StateEdward C. Halper 3. Why Democrats Need the VirtuesRobert B. Talisse 4. Virtue-oriented Politics: Confucius and AristotleMay Sim 5. The Morality of Nations: An Aristotelian ApproachLloyd P. Gerson 6. The Revolt of the JustEugene Garver 7. Aristotle's Regime of the AmericansPeter L. P. Simpson 8. Aristotle's Polity TodayLenn E. GoodmanWorks CitedContributorsIndex LocorumIndex

"…this volume is of great value for Aristotle scholars, political theorists, and anyone who hopes to participate in political reform under wise guidance rather than inchoate banner of change." — Journal of Value Inquiry"…the essays assembled in this volume offer original philosophic reflections on aspects of contemporary political culture from an Aristotelian perspective." — Polis"The contributors make interesting and original points that deserve the attention of contemporary political philosophers and political theorists." — Nicholas Rescher, author of Philosophical Dialectics: An Essay on Metaphilosophy