In the Republic, Socrates try 's to find the answer to a question we have all probably asked ourselves, what is Justice? Plato uses the Republic to illustrate the definitions that one may find for the word. However, a question that I will be tackling in this essay is, "If one does not believe in God, the does Justice matter?" asked by Daniel Frankel. The answer is no, Justice would not matter if one did not believe in Him and I will prove my thesis through the definitions of Justice in the eyes of Cephalus, his son Polemarchus & a sophist named Thrasymachus. In Book 1 of the Republic, Socrates asked an old man by the name of Cephalus, what Justice was. To that, the old man replied that Justice is living up to your legal obligations & being
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His was that Justice means that you must help your friends and harm your enemies. To this Socrates tells of incoherence in his idea of harm through Justice. Your friend may be as bad or even worse than your enemy. Socrates rebuttal is in accordance to my thesis. Because the main western religion, God puts all people, regardless of race, gender, and religion on the same pedastol. He tells His followers to love one and other, help one and other, and not to judge one and other. This also goes with the current policy in our Judicary system. For example, when a Juror is being chosen, the lawyer absoultely can not, under any circumstances, disregard, dismiss or discrimenate a person because of his/her race, religion, origin, sexuality, and/or …show more content…
If I were to say that Donald Trump is my enemy, no one would ask why because birds of a feather flock together. My friends and I have the same view s of morals and behaviour in soicety, whereas Donald Trump definetly does not. So what bird would like a worm if not to eat it up? But that does not stop Justice, because relationships are personal and vary from each individual, whereas the law is something that pertains to everyone, but then again, not everyone can be treated the same. Imagine all crimes had a consequece of 2 nights in jail no matter what the
His was that Justice means that you must help your friends and harm your enemies. To this Socrates tells of incoherence in his idea of harm through Justice. Your friend may be as bad or even worse than your enemy. Socrates rebuttal is in accordance to my thesis. Because the main western religion, God puts all people, regardless of race, gender, and religion on the same pedastol. He tells His followers to love one and other, help one and other, and not to judge one and other. This also goes with the current policy in our Judicary system. For example, when a Juror is being chosen, the lawyer absoultely can not, under any circumstances, disregard, dismiss or discrimenate a person because of his/her race, religion, origin, sexuality, and/or …show more content…
If I were to say that Donald Trump is my enemy, no one would ask why because birds of a feather flock together. My friends and I have the same view s of morals and behaviour in soicety, whereas Donald Trump definetly does not. So what bird would like a worm if not to eat it up? But that does not stop Justice, because relationships are personal and vary from each individual, whereas the law is something that pertains to everyone, but then again, not everyone can be treated the same. Imagine all crimes had a consequece of 2 nights in jail no matter what the