Aristotle and Citizenship
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Aristotle's main view about the nature of citizenship is that the work of citizens actively engages man's rational capacity and that it is serious, honored work. Slaves do the "necessary tasks" of life. Rational citizens, who are free, are the ones who set about the business of the polis without being distracted by day-to-day cares. However, citizenship is a skill that has to be learned, and the citizen properly so called has a special "characteristic," which is that "he shares in the administration of justice, and in offices" (3.1). A state, which may take various forms, nevertheless in any of its configurations is properly composed of citizens who have an administrative voice and who engage in "sufficing for the purpose of life" (3.1). The citizen is thus concerned not only with individual survival but for contributing to the "common interest." Th
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