The universe is made of stories, not of Atoms

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dc.contributor.upauthor Van Marle, Karin
dc.date.accessioned 2009-10-09T10:46:37Z
dc.date.available 2009-10-09T10:46:37Z
dc.date.issued 2000
dc.description Appears in Phronimon, Volume 2 Number 1(2000) en_US
dc.description.abstract In this paper I would like to highlight the significa nee of an Aristotelian concept of justice for South African legal and political transformation. I believe that if it is necessary in philosophy, political theory and other fields to emphasise the importanee of focusing on the particular and on a specific context when we address the question of justice, it is even more important to do this in law. If it can be said that philosophy, political theory and other fields tend to generalise without adhering to the ethical questions of difference and otherness, it is even more true of legal theory and of the law. In what follows, the main point that I want to make is that in our search for justice the particular should be highlighted. Rights should be interpreted and phrased in such a way that not only universal ideals are addressed but concrete needs as well. In respect to the understanding and interpretation of rights, certain Aristotelian concepts of justice, practical wisdom and practical judgement are very relevant to the South African political and legal context. en
dc.description.uri http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1411260 en_US
dc.format.extent 15 Pages en_US
dc.identifier.citation Van Marle, K 2000, 'The universe is made of stories, not of Atoms', Phronimon, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 346-360. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1561-4018
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11442
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities en_US
dc.rights Copyright: South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities en_US
dc.subject Legal transformation en
dc.subject Political transformation en
dc.subject Particulars en
dc.subject Specific context en
dc.subject Difference and otherness en
dc.subject Practical wisdom en
dc.subject.lcsh Justice (Philosophy) en
dc.subject.lcsh Aristotle -- Contributions in philosophy of justice en
dc.subject.lcsh Tropes (Philosophy) en
dc.subject.lcsh Ethics en
dc.subject.lcsh Human rights -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Practical judgment en
dc.title The universe is made of stories, not of Atoms
dc.type Article en_US


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