Today society tend to classified everything one does as right or wrong, justice or injustice. It as simple as black or white. Do humans naturally tend to justice or injustice? The selection from Plato’s The Republic explain the view of justice illustrated by the story of Gyges’ ring. There is no solid line between right and wrong. There is no injustice or justice, only desire. “All natures deem to be their good, and are only diverted into the path of justice by the force of law.” I agree with GLAUCON view of justice.
“They say that to do injustice is, by nature, good; to suffer injustice, evil; but that the evil is greater than the good. And so when men have both done and suffered injustice and have had experience of both, not being able to avoid the one and obtain the other” GLAUCON believe that with justice come injustice. There is no such thing as just black and white. For instance, if someone does 10 justice actions and one injustice action. What is he consider? …show more content…
Gyges have been just a normal every service to the king. Everything changed when he found the ring that gave him power to turn invisible. He then uses the power of the ring to “seduced the queen, and with her help conspired against the king and slew him, and took the kingdom.” Is his action considered injustice? Would an injustice and justice person make the same choice? GLAUCON believe that both injustice and justice person would have made the same decision. Like the saying “You’re innocent until proven guilty”. Gyges story continued “No man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among men.” The action of justice is the same as
“They say that to do injustice is, by nature, good; to suffer injustice, evil; but that the evil is greater than the good. And so when men have both done and suffered injustice and have had experience of both, not being able to avoid the one and obtain the other” GLAUCON believe that with justice come injustice. There is no such thing as just black and white. For instance, if someone does 10 justice actions and one injustice action. What is he consider? …show more content…
Gyges have been just a normal every service to the king. Everything changed when he found the ring that gave him power to turn invisible. He then uses the power of the ring to “seduced the queen, and with her help conspired against the king and slew him, and took the kingdom.” Is his action considered injustice? Would an injustice and justice person make the same choice? GLAUCON believe that both injustice and justice person would have made the same decision. Like the saying “You’re innocent until proven guilty”. Gyges story continued “No man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among men.” The action of justice is the same as