Equality by Default says that because the distinction between vital differences is eliminated, the world becomes homogeneous. Therefore, there is no longer a difference between men and women, nor humans and animals. Equality by Default explains that no one is, or can be, better than the other. Since everyone is equal because of debasement of others, “equality by default is an equality without honor.” [pg. 24] To be good has no meaning because everyone does what he or she pleases, with reasons beyond discussion. No man is considered better than the other, not even by honor or special circumstances. Plato sees reason and wisdom as a way to gain power; it is instrumental in allowing one to do as they wish, because they have the ability to argue
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Plato’s theory of the allegory of the cave illustrates his leaning towards masterful reason. His reason is linked to a larger order. Using the allegory of the cave, Plato wants to show that the stages in the cave can be compared to the stages of life and understanding. We should all go through lower stages of understanding first and be given simple knowledge in order to be ready for higher stages of understanding. We all begin at imagination, deep in the cave facing only copies of what is real. As we become educated, we are essentially struggling to come out of the cave and see the most real things. The process is a painful struggle because there are always adjustments that need to be made. Therefore, not everyone will be able to make it out of the …show more content…
He explains that for a person to have access to and achieve the core of happiness, they need to have virtue in their choices. He believes in man’s ability to choose good over bad and all men are equal in their ability to choose based on good virtues. Moreover, if a man were to choose based on bad virtues, he would be considered different from those who have chosen Good. Virtue is the “key to and the core of happiness” and depends on what we choose to do with our everyday life. It is divine and accessible to people of normal moral capacity. This is happiness with pleasure included. Because man is capable of having moral virtue, he is also able to have moral responsibility to do what is right and
Plato’s theory of the allegory of the cave illustrates his leaning towards masterful reason. His reason is linked to a larger order. Using the allegory of the cave, Plato wants to show that the stages in the cave can be compared to the stages of life and understanding. We should all go through lower stages of understanding first and be given simple knowledge in order to be ready for higher stages of understanding. We all begin at imagination, deep in the cave facing only copies of what is real. As we become educated, we are essentially struggling to come out of the cave and see the most real things. The process is a painful struggle because there are always adjustments that need to be made. Therefore, not everyone will be able to make it out of the …show more content…
He explains that for a person to have access to and achieve the core of happiness, they need to have virtue in their choices. He believes in man’s ability to choose good over bad and all men are equal in their ability to choose based on good virtues. Moreover, if a man were to choose based on bad virtues, he would be considered different from those who have chosen Good. Virtue is the “key to and the core of happiness” and depends on what we choose to do with our everyday life. It is divine and accessible to people of normal moral capacity. This is happiness with pleasure included. Because man is capable of having moral virtue, he is also able to have moral responsibility to do what is right and