That practical aspect of ethics is much closer to people than Platon's demand that we reach what is good in itself (the idea of Goodness). Aristotle’s ethics includes notions characteristic of a stratified class society. Not all persons within one society hold the same position, nor are they equal in power, and therefore one cannot insist on equal ethical norms for all people. Each person is allotted his virtues according to his social rank and nature. Women should obey different rules than men; slaves in turn follow different rules than free men. People are equal only within the same rank (just distribution, iustitia distributiva), and in their rights and honours stand above people of lower ranks (?). However, a state should be founded on justice (formal equality of men and women) and should focus on the activities of men and women rather than on individuals. Only a just state can ensure the life of the whole, and these issues have already been stated in Aristotle's politics." (Bošnjak, 1956)