ARISTOTLE'S THOUGHT ON CITIZENSHIP AND THE HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR BUILDING A SOCIALIST LAW-GOVERNED STATE IN VIETNAM TODAY

Do Thi  Thuy Trang

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Keywords

Vietnam
Socialist law-governed state
Aristotle
Citizenship

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Thuy Trang, D. T. . (2022). ARISTOTLE’S THOUGHT ON CITIZENSHIP AND THE HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR BUILDING A SOCIALIST LAW-GOVERNED STATE IN VIETNAM TODAY. Synesis (ISSN 1984-6754), 14(2), 30–48. Retrieved from https://seer.ucp.br/seer/index.php/synesis/article/view/2193

Abstract

Citizenship is the right to be a citizen of a social, political, or national community. Aristotle was the philosopher who has been talking about citizenship since ancient times. His thoughts are still historical lessons for the operation of states today. In this article, the author focuses on analyzing basic thoughts on Aristotle's citizenship; which are shown in essential points such as (i) Citizenship is clearly shown in the role of the State, (ii) Right to education, (iii) The right to participate in political affairs, (iv) Citizenship is associated with civic obligations. Thereby, the article draws its historical lesson for the current building of law-governed State in Vietnam in the following aspects: (i) Building a solid-state apparatus with a coherent and unified legal system; (ii) All the State's policies must originate from the Vietnamese practice, ensure the people's mastery and protect the people's legitimate interests; (iii) Consolidating and strengthening the relationship between the State and the people.

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