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    Khwaja Nabeel Asif U047073J PH1101E – Reason & Persuasion Khwaja Nabeel Asif U047073J DW7 Topic 5: A defense of Thrasymachusclaim; “Justice is the advantage of the stronger” Most people believe that they understand the essence of things like justice and virtue. Though‚ if they were asked to define these things‚ few would be able to do so without posing some contradiction. Thrasymachus puts his understanding of justice in these words; “justice is nothing‚ but the advantage of the stronger” (Plato’s

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    Criticism Of Might Is Right

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    CRITICISM OF “MIGHT IS RIGHT” BY RAGNAR REDBEARD BY OKOYE FRANKLIN NNAEMEKA PJPS/NAU/010/48 08066129459 NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY‚ AWKA. JUNE 2013 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ---------------------------------------------------------------i CERTIFICATION ----------------------------------------------------------ii APPROVAL -----------------------------------------------------------------iii DEDICATION --------------------------------------------------------------iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ------------------------------------------------v

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    “War does not decide who’s right‚ but who’s left.” In today’s world‚ war is being fought everyday‚ one side who is looked upon as right‚ and one side who is looked upon as wrong. Depending on who is making the judgement‚ is based on what type of view they have towards the situation being disputed. I agree with this statement completely. People win wars and arguments‚ but not always in a morally just way. Power takes a major toll on the decisions people make. Enemy of the People by Henrik

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    After that outburst from Thrasymachus showing pride of himself I asked Socrates what was all that about. He tells me that first I have to know who is Thrasymachus‚ and how he is portrayed in “The Republic” written by Plato. He is portrayed as a sophist and cynic who argues that people are selfish. By this argument that Thrasymachus yelled to us that “justice is in the interest of the strong and the subjects obeying the interest of the strong” he claims that whoever is at the top of the hierarchy

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    Platos Notion of Justice vs. Thrasymachus‚ Why Be Moral? By: Khonstance Milan Plato has a different sense of justice than what we ourselves would consider to be justice. Justice starts in the heart and goes outward. Justice is about being a person of good intent towards all people‚ doing what is believed to be right or moral. Plato believes that once a person has a true understanding of justice that they will want to be “just” for its own benefit regardless of good or bad consequence. Though

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    disagreement between Socrates and Thrasymachus about the nature of justice. The disaccord between their views of the subject is extremely pronounced‚ but there are certain underlying agreements which guide the course of the debate. One way to evaluate the validity of the arguments involved is to examine whether the assumptions at the root of the argument are in accord with this common ground. By my reading of the dialogue‚ Socrates’ reply to the first part of Thrasymachus’ definition of justice rests

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    Analysis of Thrasymachus Throughout "The Republic" there exist different characters that each holds a unique importance towards the development of certain philosophies‚ in this case‚ the meaning of "justice". Thrasymachus is such a character‚ which could be considered a cynic by some; he plays an imperative role in the quest for the meaning of justice in the first book of "The Republic". While Cephalus and his son Polemarchus are unsuccessful in providing Socrates with an adequate definition of

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    Thrasymachus Arguments

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    “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 because I feel like Thrasymachus definition is too broad I also believe that there is no just not one definition

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    is‚ and those who believe justice is part of a higher “moral code” independent of the ruler. Thrasymachus and Hobbes believe that the powerful dictate law and order. On the other hand‚ Aristotle‚ Polemarchus‚ Socrates‚ and Plato believe that justice cannot be influenced by those of the ruler. I believe the best account of political justice is a combination of a few thinkers including those of Thrasymachus‚ Aristotle‚ and Plato. This account would borrow Thrasymachus’s idea that those who have power

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    Thrasymachus‚ a famous Sophist philosopher‚ shared his theory that injustice has greater advantages than justice. He says that injustice is “superior to justice in strength and freedom and autocratic power.” This is because he believes that a just man always has the worst of it. Thrasymachus defines “just” as those who serve the interest of the stronger at the cost of the subject who obeys‚ and “injustice” as asserting authority over those innocents so that they may please their master‚ instead of

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