Abstract

How does Aristotle conceptualize the relationship between ethics and economy? In this article I attempt to answer this question based on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and his Politics to show how his virtue ethics connect to the economy in the polis. My aim is to show how Aristotle claims a unity of ethics in form of eudaimonia and political framework. It is within that unity of ethics and politics that the economy has an important but limited function. In my reading of Aristotle I follow Koslowski’s interpretation of Aristotle. Aristotle’s practical philosophy is soaked in metaphysics. His idea of the good (eudaimonia) transcends empirical conditions of life. This article is based on the author’s ongoing ph.d. project.