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Aristotle and Augustine: A Dialogue on Politics and Government The six page paper is in the form of a dialogue between Aristotle and Saint Augustine on politics and government. The author notes that Aristotle believed believe that for citizens, political morality should not be conceived of in terms of divine rules and principles, but through the cultivation of traits and character. The moral issue is not to ‘do’, but to ‘be’. For Aristotle, morality is grounded in human nature and in the exercise of our reason, and virtue is essential.
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