Aristotle on Emotions in Law and Politics

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In this book, experts from the fields of law and philosophy explore the works of Aristotle to illuminate the much-debated and fascinating relationship between emotions and justice. Emotions matter in connection with democracy and equity – they are relevant to the judicial enforcement of rights, legal argumentation, and decision-making processes in legislative bodies and courts. The decisive role that emotions, feelings and passions play in these processes cannot be ignored – not even by those who believe that emotions have no legitimate place in the public sphere. A growing body of literature on these topics recognizes the seminal insights contributed by Aristotle. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of his thinking in this context, as well as proposals for inspiring dialogues between his works and those written by a selection of modern and contemporary thinkers. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for students of law, philosophy, rhetoric, politics, ethics and history, but also for readers interested in the ongoing debate about legal positivism and the relevance of emotions for legal and political life in today’s world. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Debate About Emotion in Law and Politics (Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer)....Pages 3-10 Judicial Emotion as Vice or Virtue: Perspectives Both Ancient and New (Terry A. Maroney)....Pages 11-26 Dispassionate Judges Encountering Hotheaded Aristotelians (Christof Rapp)....Pages 27-49 Front Matter ....Pages 51-51 Emotion and Rationality in Aristotle’s Model: From Anthropology to Politics (Giovanni Bombelli)....Pages 53-89 Logoi enuloi. Aristotle’s Contribution to the Contemporary Debate on Emotions and Decision-Making (Stefano Fuselli)....Pages 91-111 Aristotle’s Functionalism and the Rise of Nominalism in Law and Politics: Law, Emotion and Language (Saulo de Matos)....Pages 113-131 On Logos, Pathos and Ethos in Judicial Argumentation (Fabiana Pinho)....Pages 133-153 Religion of Humanity: A Shift from a Dialogical to a Categorical Model of Rationality (Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer)....Pages 155-200 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Aristotle on Emotions in Ethics and in Criminal Justice (José de Sousa e Brito)....Pages 203-216 Ethical Theory and Judicial Practice: Passions and Crimes of Passion in Plato, Aristotle and Lysias (Cristina Viano)....Pages 217-236 What Does Nemesis Have to Do with the Legal System? Discussing Aristotle’s Neglected Emotion and Its Relevance for Law and Politics (Daniela Bonanno, Lucia Corso)....Pages 237-259 Rethinking Legal Education from Aristotle’s Theory of Emotions and the Contemporary Challenges of the Practical Realization of Law (Ana Carolina de Faria Silvestre)....Pages 261-275 Remorse and Virtue Ethics (Humber van Straalen)....Pages 277-295 Virtue as a Synthesis of Extremes Versus Virtue as a Mean Between Extremes: A Comparison of Chesterton’s Account of Virtue with Aristotle’s (Wojciech Zaluski)....Pages 297-311 The Place of Slavery in the Aristotelian Framework of Law, Reason and Emotion (Peter Langford, Ian Bryan)....Pages 313-333 Front Matter ....Pages 335-335 Empathic Political Animal: What a North Korean Prison Camp Can Reveal About the Aristotelian Political Association (Tommi Ralli)....Pages 337-360 Emotions: Impediment or Basis of Political Life? (Nuno M. M. S. Coelho)....Pages 361-384 Aristotle’s Rhetoric and the Persistence of the Emotions in the Courtroom (Emma Cohen de Lara)....Pages 385-399 Rhetoric, Emotions and the Rule of Law in Aristotle (Daniel Simão Nascimento)....Pages 401-416 Aristotle’s Political Friendship (politike philia) as Solidarity (Misung Jang)....Pages 417-433 Between Nomos and Pathos: Emotions in Aristotelian Theory of Adjudication and the Dual Process Theory (Mariusz Jerzy Golecki, Mateusz Franciszek Bukaty)....Pages 435-450 Back Matter ....Pages 451-473