The Importance Of Justice In Plato's The Republic

The Republic, is written by Plato in which he give the dialogue between him and Socrates as they discuss the just, order, and character of the city-state and just man. Socrates and Plato conduct a position on justice and attributes it to the effects on one’s happiness for those who live in a “city-state.” Plato focuses on two questions, “what is justice” and “what is the relation of justice to happiness?” Socrates answers these two questions by relating it back to the individual's soul and a city’s political community. One must want justice for all to create any political laws for a state to run by. Without man thriving to be just, there would be havoc and no sight of equity anywhere. This leads Socrates to believe that through political justice it will set the mood for harmony in one’s political body. The importance of having justice stems from Socrates belief in man wanting to have a happy life. With justice being issued, man will live under a happy and structured rule. Through Socrates’ call for justice in a city-state, he presses the analogy of the “city-soul,” (Book II) which gives account to the just over the un-just only being able to gain true happiness. Socrates analogy of the, “city-soul” derives from his argument regarding if the souls in a political community are good. This is crucial in the development of only having good morals govern state. …show more content…
He sees that justice adheres to the standards of morality and that justice is always in an individual's interest. He claims that there is only two kinds of political justice, which belongs to man or city-state. Socrates then proceeds to explain that you must look to the political city and find justice and from there you will find justice in the hearts of man. To find political justice in a city it must be built from the ground up and watched overtime to see the creation of a just government with continuous help from the