In Plato’s Republic Book 2, Socrates says justice belongs in the category, “which the man who is going to be blessed should like both for itself and for what comes out of it,” (Plato, Republic 2, 358a). This means the man who is acting justly does so because he wants to, not because he has to, and he knows he will get results from doing justice. Based on this notion, justice is a desired good. If everyone acts justly, then no one has to experience injustice outcomes. As Glaucon tries to defend injustice, Socrates still stands with his original idea that it is better for a man to be just than act unjustly. Although it is argued that, “the life of the unjust man is, after all, far better than that of the just man,” men still are just because
