Just And Unjust In Plato's Republic

In many societies, including our own, we labeled the meaning of the word “justice” for the sole purpose of preserving social order and the political stability for the good of many instead of the few. However, what we believe to be just and unjust in regards to what Plato’s Republic explains about what is actually just and unjust are inadvertently blurred from a somewhat (if not unintended biased) social perspective; therefore, this topic has produce a generational conflict. These concepts of thought originate in a hierarchical group of knowledge: understanding, thought, belief, and imagination (Socrates 511e); most of which we use for measuring the ideal implementation of practical and critical forms of theory. How justice is depicted as in …show more content…
In this essay I will argue that although there can be moments where tragic events can at times cause some misinterpretation of justice, thereby sending the wrong message, there is no absolute meaning of the word “justice” and even if there was it there is bound to be a generational decline; although there should be a need for understanding the reasons for the capacity of both power and knowledge and why they are needed to maintain order so as to prevent internal/external strife within each respective community in comparison for a worst case scenario.

Towards the end of Book IV, we begin to see the explanation of Socrates’ use of the word inner justice to Glaucon and how it can be quite problematic (Socrates 442d–443b, 443c–444a). As if conducting a live behavioral experiment with the justice system and the people living within the city …show more content…
In Plato’s Republic, it explains that the best city is where philosophers rule but simultaneously cannot do so. Quite tragic. We understand that justice itself is