Injustice In Plato's The Ring Of Gyge

Are humans being decent? Or do we act just because we have no choice? Well, that is the logic behind the famous story of the Ring of Gyges. The Ring of Gyges was a challenge poses by Glaucon to Socrates. Glaucon wanted to rend Socrates defenseless against injustice, and that was not only his intentions. He also wanted to demonstrate that justice is ruled by injustice, to such a great extend he proposed the following story ("Summary of Plato’s Ring of Gyges"). Gyges, a royal shepherd, found a ring within a strange bronze horse while he was completing his domestically task during an earthquake. The ring surpassed all ordinary grandeur, it was invisible. With the power invested by the ring, he seduced the queen, murdered the king, and took control …show more content…
To avoid being a victim, someone can choose to make the most desirable or either the undesirable thing to find justice. According to Glaucon, he argues that people only accept justice because they are incapable of reacting for themselves and he considers these individuals to be weak.
To continue with, many intellectuals agreed that people only act justly if they are obligated to do so or to satisfy others in their society. As stated by Glaucon, a lot of people in this modern world envy more than what they have, and for that reason many are willing to cross the bar to do wrongdoings (“Great Philosophers”). An unjust man is equipped with strength and courage, and uses them effectively to deceive its opponents. Because of this unjust man persuasion skills and force, he is fortunate to have wealth, good surroundings and fake reputation. In other words, he is an expert at doing the injustice acts and he is regarded as a just man. His level of success and reputation because of unknown secretive facts that helped him to be successful cannot determine a just man. Instead a just man should be judged based on clear and proved achievements, which would inspire others to follow their