The Republic Written by Plato Socrates meets with some of his friends and begins discussing the meaning of justice and whether the just life is better than the unjust life. First‚ they contemplate the meaning of justice. Cephalus stated that justice is as simple as telling the truth and returning what you receive‚ Polemarchus stated that justice is giving each his due‚ and Thrasymachus stated that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates proves each of them wrong and embarks on a discussion
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I believe that after thinking hard about the arguments I could say that Socrates has won. When I say the word “won” I use it loosely because in all reality it was hard for me to agree with Thrasymachus. As hard as it was it to agree with the one it was also hard to agree with Socrates because he really doesn’t give the strongest arguments against Thrasymachus claim. He also never really gives his opinion or definition on what he thinks justice is. The first reason why I would say Socrates won is
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1. The Ring of Gyges is able to turn one invisible. Glaucon describes The Ring of Gyges in the Republic and raises the question of whether an intelligent person would be moral if he did not have to fear being caught and punished for doing injustices. He comes to the conclusion that the just person would do the same thing as an unjust person would because one’s moral character would disappear when in use of the Ring of Gyges. 2. Eteocles and Polyneices are brothers and appear in the play of Antigone
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Ring of Gyges Response Throughout the back-and-forth debate between Socrates and his comrades on the definition of justice‚ many questions are raised about the integrity and justice of mankind. Does man practice justice because he truly believes in it? Or perhaps because humans fear the consequences of committing injustice? In Book II‚ Glaucon attempts to tackle the question and points out 3 kinds of justice: the kind that is good in itself‚ the kind that is good in itself and its results‚ and
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Western Theories of Justice Justice is one of the most important moral and political concepts. The word comes from the Latin jus‚ meaning right or law. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the “just” person as one who typically “does what is morally right” and is disposed to “giving everyone his or her due‚” offering the word “fair” as a synonym. But philosophers want to get beyond etymology and dictionary definitions to consider‚ for example‚ the nature of justice as both a moral virtue of
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Society and in Ourselves What is justice is a question that has plagued philosophers since the time of Plato when he wrote The Republic to present day. In the book‚ Plato uses the dialectic‚ between Socrates and other Athenians like Polemarchus‚ Cephalus‚ and Glacuon‚ to try and find the definition of justice. Through the voice of Glaucon‚ Plato defines justice as a compromise of sorts between advantage and fear‚ and injustice as the things that we wouldn’t
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Title: The Allegory of the Cave Author: Plato Date of Publication: First transcribed circa fourth century BC Genre: Philosophical Dialogues‚ Parable/Allegory Historical information about the period of publication: The Peloponnesian war between Sparta and Athens was taking place and Plato saw the military service during the course of the war. It had an impact on politics and philosophy and the uprising of democracy made the ability to speak and debate become important. The Sophists became very influential
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Looking up in the Merriam Webster dictionary justice is defined as "the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments". The fact that the word itself is being used for its definition explains how ambiguous the concept of justice can get. It is because of the very same reason that some time between the years of 470 to 399 BC a very well-known argument took place in Piraeus. The mentioned
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Carma Todd June 21‚ 2012 HUMN 2223 Shirley Elliott I took a virtual tour of Versailles‚ Hampton Court Palace‚ and St. Peter ’s Basilica as well as looked at numerous pictures of artwork and architecture in and of the buildings. These three places have things in common as well as many differences. They all have the evidence of the baroque era but they each show different values that are most important to their community. It seems to me that Versailles was more concerned with showing their
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Anne Jastrzebski WR150: The Ethics of Disenchantment Multi-Source Essay More than Defining Justice: The Republic’s Push to Modify its Readers’ Way of Thinking At first glance‚ Plato’s The Republic seems a tedious exercise in trying to follow one man’s irrational effort to construct a city when he was tasked simply with explaining a single word. However‚ the republic created by Socrates throughout the duration of the dialogue and the points that come from it are not as unnecessary or superfluous as
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