Humanist Ethics and Political Justice: Soto, Sepúlveda, and the

In the debate over Spanish treatment of the natives of the New World, both sides regularly invoked Aristotle on natural slaves. This paper argues that the interpretation of the Spanish Dominican Domingo de Soto displays a greater understanding of Aristotle and the Aristotelian tradition of justice t...

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Main Author: Davis, Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Society of Christian Ethics 1999
In: The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 19, Pages: 193-212
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Summary:In the debate over Spanish treatment of the natives of the New World, both sides regularly invoked Aristotle on natural slaves. This paper argues that the interpretation of the Spanish Dominican Domingo de Soto displays a greater understanding of Aristotle and the Aristotelian tradition of justice than that of Juan Gines de Sepúlveda, the Spanish Humanist. The paper goes on to argue that it is the humanist tradition itself that disposes Sepúlveda to misconstrue Aristotle and the tradition of political justice.
ISSN:2372-9023
Contains:Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/asce19991911