本文主旨在於檢討「道德政治」，作為政治理性之批判與重建的準備工作。「道德政治批判」認為，道徳論述不應介入政治領域。然而，亞里斯多德的德性觀卻主張介入所有領域，包括政治領域。本文內容即嘗試詮釋並批判亞里斯多德的德性優越意識：從《倫理學》的「德性之人」、《政治學》的「德性之公民」、「德性之希臘公民」，以至《天界論》、《自然學》與《形上學》的「德性宇宙觀」。全文主旨認為道德言説介入政治事物是恰得其反，當人們要求更多德性時，其結果反而是更多的政治災難。

This article develops a Critique of Moral Politics which prepares the way for a Critique and Reconstruction of Political Reason. The Critique of Moral Politics contends that moral claims should not influence the political domain. However, the Aristotelian virtue theory justifies the influence. This article tries to interpret and criticize the superiority complex of Aristotelian virtue, including "the man of virtue" from Nicomachean Ethics, "the citizen of virtue" and "the Greek citizen of virtue" from Politics, and also "the universe of virtue" from On the Heaven, Physics, and Metaphysics. It is contended that moral discourses intrude upon political affairs only to produce immoral consequences. The basic belief behind the thesis is that the more we pursue virtues, the more bitter will be the political outcome for us.