Students of Aristotles political thought wrestle with a deep tension. If friendship is the basis of community, Aristotles ideal community must be rather clannish and exclusive. It is an uncomfortable view of political life from the standpoint of the twenty-first century, both for liberals and liberalisms critics. And many of Aristotles own positions, for example his strong criticism of Platos city in speech, do not seem to square with it. Is it the right picture? This book argues that, from Aristotles perspective, a politics focused on virtue neither necessarily excludes persons...