Socrates Desire Analysis

Lastly, desire makes people seek for enjoyment or satisfaction, but these desires may not always be good for a person . Desire can also be for basic needs one might need in their life. Socrates explains desire by giving an example of a thirsty man wanting a drink. This drink can be a good or a bad depending on the situation. An example of a bad drink would be any alcohol for an alcoholic and a good drink would be anything that isn’t alcohol. Desire makes alcoholics want to drink alcohol even though it would be bad for the man. The man should know that the drinking in excess is bad for him, therefor, he would need to use his rational calculations to reason and stop himself from drinking. Not only does he need reasoning, he needs the courage to stop. So where does a man get the courage? He gets it from moderation or self-control. The alcoholic might know that drinking in excess can cause negative effects on his health, but he can also choose to ignore his reasoning and drink more and more. It takes self-control to stop oneself from fulfilling his desire when his desire might make him happy. In simpler terms, if a person knows that eating excessively can lead to obesity, he should practice self-control to only to eat enough of food to not …show more content…
He believes that if being a good person doesn’t get you any instrumental values, then there are no reason practice moral rules . If being a good to your neighbor doesn’t guarantee that your neighbor will dog sit every time you are out of town, Thrasymachus would say that you should not be neighborly. On the other hand, Socrates argues that you should strive to be a friendly neighbor even if you don’t expect favors in return. If being neighborly doesn’t benefit you in anyway, that should not stop you from being nice to your neighbor. You should hope that if you are nice to your neighbors, it can encourage your neighbors to be nice to you in the