利益政治抑或原则政治——亚里士多德《政治学》政治观的学理解析

Politics by Interest or Principle:The Theoretical Analysis on Aristotle's Political View in Politics

亚里士多德《政治学》所持是一种利益政治观,其把政治的概念界定为一种利益分配的过程,故政治学就是研究如何实现正义的利益分配,而城邦不过是人类追求利益的产物,并且最好的政体就是能够实现利益分配均衡的政体,进而政体的维护必须基于对利益分配因素的考量,其基本结论是能够适宜各个城邦和公民团体的政体才是最好的政体。

Aristotle＇s political view is political by interest in his Politics,he defined politics as a process of distribution of interest,so politics is to study how to achieve the justice distribution of interest. While the polis is merely the product of mankind＇s pursuit of interest,and the best polity is to be able to achieve a balanced distribution of interest. Thus to maintain the polity must consider of the factor of distribution of interest,and the basic conclusion is that the best polity can adapt to the various polis and civic groups.