He says, "justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger'' '' (338c). He identifies justices with the recognition of law. His statement is an expression of his conviction that ''in an important world, the dominant political or social group institutes laws and governs for its own benefit ''(338a). Socrates definitions did not satisfie Plato's brothers. Glaucon and Adelmantus, who continued where Thrasymacus left off, giving reasons why the vast majority of people think that justice is not intrinsically valuable but worth respecting only if one is not strong enough to get away with …show more content…
Plato's case in his Republic' is that justice is so incredible a good that anyone who embraces it is thereby better off, even in the face of the distress and pain of severe misfortune. Plato states that ''justice discounted by pains and dishonour is more advantageous than injustice suplemented than injustice supplemented by the rewards of justice.''
The focal point of Plato's Republic is a discussion of what the goodness of justice and why a person ought to be just. For Plato and Socrates, justice is fulfulling one's appropriate part and hence providing for the city what is owed. Cephalis defines justice as being fair and paying what is owed. Polemarcus defines it as the legitimate commitments and helping companions and harming foes. For Plato,''justice is satisfying one's appropriate part and hence providing for the city what is