Aristotle Book II and Book V It is Aristotle’s claim that justice is the greatest of the moral virtues. To be just one has to perform acts not only for one’s own good but for the good of others (whether that is the government, your neighbor or another individual). Attaining a character of justice only comes by habit and the activities one performs. Injustice can be differentiated from justice as: acts performed to the detriment of oneself and others, and composes the entirety of vice. (Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics: Book II. Paragraph 1, Book V, Paragraph 1.) Aristotle claims that there are two virtues: intellectual and moral. Intellectual virtue is gained through teaching, whereas moral virtue is gained through habit. Through the same means
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(Marx, Karl. "The Working Day." In Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, 184, 185, 192. Vol. 1. Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR, 1887. )
This is relevant to Marx’s thesis since the law often serves in the interest of capitalists it will do very little to help the worker The third important point Marx mentions is that the worker cannot expect to benefit from the law since it is only superficially representing his/her interests and is constantly undermined by the capitalist class. (Marx, Karl. "The Working Day." In Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, 187-188. Vol. 1. Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR, 1887. )
This point also adds to Marx’s thesis because as a result of the first two points, the worker cannot expect to find relief (in this case for work hours) from either government or the capitalists and must take it upon him or herself. In historical hindsight there has been improvement in workers conditions (at least in the West) and Marx never takes into account the possibility of a transition to more socialist laws within a capitalist society (like
(Marx, Karl. "The Working Day." In Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, 184, 185, 192. Vol. 1. Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR, 1887. )
This is relevant to Marx’s thesis since the law often serves in the interest of capitalists it will do very little to help the worker The third important point Marx mentions is that the worker cannot expect to benefit from the law since it is only superficially representing his/her interests and is constantly undermined by the capitalist class. (Marx, Karl. "The Working Day." In Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, 187-188. Vol. 1. Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR, 1887. )
This point also adds to Marx’s thesis because as a result of the first two points, the worker cannot expect to find relief (in this case for work hours) from either government or the capitalists and must take it upon him or herself. In historical hindsight there has been improvement in workers conditions (at least in the West) and Marx never takes into account the possibility of a transition to more socialist laws within a capitalist society (like