Thrasymachus’s definition of as justice is the advantage of the stronger is significantly weaker argument, when compared to Socrates claim that justice is a virtue of doing what you’re best suited to do and minding your own business.
In section 433b of the Republic Socrates defines Justice as “...doing one’s own work and not meddling with what is not one’s own”. He describes justice as everyone doing and completing the jobs they are supposed, and not wavering from the role that they play. Justice can be found both in the city and the individual.
In the City justice is broken into three different parts wisdom, courage, and moderation. Wisdom exists with the Philosopher Kings, because they think about what is good for the city as a whole. Courage …show more content…
The stronger persons he refers to, are those of the ruling party; the ones that make the rules and put in place the laws. In each type of city whether it be Democratic, Tyrannical, or Oligarchical the rulers create laws for the subjects below them to follow. They laws that the rulers put forth are always to the advantage of them themselves. Meaning that those being ruled act justly if they adhere to the laws and benefit the rulers, but are unjust if their action are not advantageous for that of the ruling party or don’t follow the …show more content…
When a teacher fails to teach they aren’t actually a teacher; they are just trying to be. In section 341a Thrasymachus states “...a ruler, to the extent that he is a ruler, never makes errors and unerringly decrees what is best for himself, and that is what his subject must do.” His explanation is illogical on grounds that rulers always avoid making mistakes, because that contradicts his other accounts where he says that rulers are prone to make mistakes. If his argument is to mean that they are rulers up until that point it has to be false. Those who heard a pianist play a single wrong key would not say he is no longer a pianist, and the same goes for rulers. President's makes mistakes and wrong calls all the time, but these mistakes do not strip the one of being a ruling party.
Thrasymachus continues his definition of what he think the advantage of stronger is, by proclaiming that the rulers were meant to be benefitted from the subjects over which they ruled. This account it still is refuted because it’s actually the subjects that are being ruled over that benefit by the ruler. For example the technical support professional is considered a ruler of his field, but his job is to help fix electronics of others. This means that the benefit is given to the one who electronical device was fixed not the
In section 433b of the Republic Socrates defines Justice as “...doing one’s own work and not meddling with what is not one’s own”. He describes justice as everyone doing and completing the jobs they are supposed, and not wavering from the role that they play. Justice can be found both in the city and the individual.
In the City justice is broken into three different parts wisdom, courage, and moderation. Wisdom exists with the Philosopher Kings, because they think about what is good for the city as a whole. Courage …show more content…
The stronger persons he refers to, are those of the ruling party; the ones that make the rules and put in place the laws. In each type of city whether it be Democratic, Tyrannical, or Oligarchical the rulers create laws for the subjects below them to follow. They laws that the rulers put forth are always to the advantage of them themselves. Meaning that those being ruled act justly if they adhere to the laws and benefit the rulers, but are unjust if their action are not advantageous for that of the ruling party or don’t follow the …show more content…
When a teacher fails to teach they aren’t actually a teacher; they are just trying to be. In section 341a Thrasymachus states “...a ruler, to the extent that he is a ruler, never makes errors and unerringly decrees what is best for himself, and that is what his subject must do.” His explanation is illogical on grounds that rulers always avoid making mistakes, because that contradicts his other accounts where he says that rulers are prone to make mistakes. If his argument is to mean that they are rulers up until that point it has to be false. Those who heard a pianist play a single wrong key would not say he is no longer a pianist, and the same goes for rulers. President's makes mistakes and wrong calls all the time, but these mistakes do not strip the one of being a ruling party.
Thrasymachus continues his definition of what he think the advantage of stronger is, by proclaiming that the rulers were meant to be benefitted from the subjects over which they ruled. This account it still is refuted because it’s actually the subjects that are being ruled over that benefit by the ruler. For example the technical support professional is considered a ruler of his field, but his job is to help fix electronics of others. This means that the benefit is given to the one who electronical device was fixed not the