I and We

According to Aristotle, the most noble type of interpersonal relationship is Friendship, though he does not derive that assertion systematically, e. g. via his criterion of a Mean.  Furthermore, he conceives a friend to be like "another self".  However, he does not go so far as to combine the two selves as a We.  In contrast, Meliorism justifies both Friendship and that combination as ameliorating the conditions of each I.  It, thus, also grounds the formation of political association, i. e. a species of We, without recourse to conceiving the development, as Aristotle does, as "by nature", i. e. as governed by a Teleological principle.