Nicomachean Ethics, Plato’s Republic, and Antigone each have different views of justice. The goal of this paper is to describe the ideas of justice in these three pieces of writing and to decide which piece Antigone fits with the best.
In Nicomachean Ethics the meaning of justice could either be fairness or lawfulness. This conclusion can be drawn because Aristotle states injustice as unfairness and lawlessness. Laws attempt to encourage people to be virtuous, so the just person, who is lawful, will be virtuous. Justice and virtue are different things, virtue deals more with a person’s moral state, justice focuses more on someone’s relationship with others. The state of someone who is lawful, and fair is universal justice. Justice has something …show more content…
She has high morals and by following those morals, she disobeys the laws of Creon in his “just” system of government and ends up creating big problems for herself and the people in her life because of her search for justice. The “justice” in this play would possibly be consider unjust in todays society, because people request fair trials and “just” laws. The reason this is true is because Antigone was treated unjustly under the law of Creon’s. Antigone represents half of the struggle that is between what the law says is just and what we believe to be morally upstanding. Creon represents the opposite side which views power and law as the perfect leader of life’s falling apart. Antigone is on the side of justice instead of following the law. Not jus that but Antigone is also able to recognize the fact that her brother bust be buried the right way to have the right afterlife, so she uses what has been particularly in place by a man and she decides to bury Polyneices. The reason this is shared is because no matter what she was facing in her life all she wanted was justice for herself and for the ones around her. The justice in this play can bring up some different things in a person’s mind. The first being “would I be able to do the same stuff as Antigone?” the reason this can go through someone’s mind is because when people look at different situation their intuition is to decide whether what happened was just or …show more content…
From the readings in these books I have concluded that the thought for justice in Antigone fits more with the view in Nicomachean Ethics. The reason I say this is because the idea in The Republic for justice is an individual doing his own job and individuals being lawful. This doesn’t fit with the way justice is viewed in Antigone. In Antigone justice is doing things that are for the better good whether that be lawful or not. This doesn’t fit with the Republic because they are two completely different ideas of justice. However, Antigone and Nicomachean Ethics have similar views on justice. This can be said because both books look at justice in the same light. No matter what the situation justice needs to be for the whole of everyone involved even if it doesn’t follow the laws. Nicomachean Ethics views justice in the light of trades voluntary and involuntary, it should be made even no matter
In Nicomachean Ethics the meaning of justice could either be fairness or lawfulness. This conclusion can be drawn because Aristotle states injustice as unfairness and lawlessness. Laws attempt to encourage people to be virtuous, so the just person, who is lawful, will be virtuous. Justice and virtue are different things, virtue deals more with a person’s moral state, justice focuses more on someone’s relationship with others. The state of someone who is lawful, and fair is universal justice. Justice has something …show more content…
She has high morals and by following those morals, she disobeys the laws of Creon in his “just” system of government and ends up creating big problems for herself and the people in her life because of her search for justice. The “justice” in this play would possibly be consider unjust in todays society, because people request fair trials and “just” laws. The reason this is true is because Antigone was treated unjustly under the law of Creon’s. Antigone represents half of the struggle that is between what the law says is just and what we believe to be morally upstanding. Creon represents the opposite side which views power and law as the perfect leader of life’s falling apart. Antigone is on the side of justice instead of following the law. Not jus that but Antigone is also able to recognize the fact that her brother bust be buried the right way to have the right afterlife, so she uses what has been particularly in place by a man and she decides to bury Polyneices. The reason this is shared is because no matter what she was facing in her life all she wanted was justice for herself and for the ones around her. The justice in this play can bring up some different things in a person’s mind. The first being “would I be able to do the same stuff as Antigone?” the reason this can go through someone’s mind is because when people look at different situation their intuition is to decide whether what happened was just or …show more content…
From the readings in these books I have concluded that the thought for justice in Antigone fits more with the view in Nicomachean Ethics. The reason I say this is because the idea in The Republic for justice is an individual doing his own job and individuals being lawful. This doesn’t fit with the way justice is viewed in Antigone. In Antigone justice is doing things that are for the better good whether that be lawful or not. This doesn’t fit with the Republic because they are two completely different ideas of justice. However, Antigone and Nicomachean Ethics have similar views on justice. This can be said because both books look at justice in the same light. No matter what the situation justice needs to be for the whole of everyone involved even if it doesn’t follow the laws. Nicomachean Ethics views justice in the light of trades voluntary and involuntary, it should be made even no matter