Distributive justice

Since the Laws exist as one element, to break one would be to break every one of them, and in doing as such, Socrates would bring about them incredible damage. The citizen is bound to the Laws like a child is bound to a guardian, thus to conflict with the Laws would resemble striking a guardian. As opposed to just infringing upon the Laws and departure, Socrates ought to attempt to induce the Laws to release him. These Laws introduce the national's obligation to them as a sort of social contract…

Plato’s Approach to Education Plato’s Pedagogy as Derived From Republic 1-7 Plato’s Republic is mainly known for the defining of justice, but it also provides an element of education, mainly in the field of philosophy. There are many different specific aspects of teaching within Republic, including the use of Plato’s physical images versus the concept of forms, the idea of intentional and random education, and the cave allegory. Plato’s teaching is very intentional, and he has a high skill level…

Although Plato’s Gorgias begins with an examination of rhetoric, the dialogue quickly become focused on more profound topics that lie hidden beneath the knack of persuasion. At first inquiring about rhetoric, Socrates challenges Gorgias and his followers, Polus and Callicles, to justify their lifestyle of accumulating power and pleasure. At the center of this debate over what constitutes a happy life is a struggle to define the nature of strength, which both sides agree it is the key to finding…

Socrates states there is a difference between a craft and a knack. Back in these times a craft was considered what you held as an occupation. In the text Socrates lists many professions that are seen as important to the community; such as doctors, lawyers, and mathematicians. On the other hand, Socrates states a knack was something done for pleasure in day-to-day life, such as pastry baking, cosmetics, and oratory. Within the text Socrates converses with Polus about whether oratory is or is…

You ideas that you expressed in The Social Contract are completely naive. How could you believe that people would set aside their personal wishes to help society? You state that people would have no interest in making society burdensome on others because they would only burden themselves under social contract. This system may seem like a nice thing, but people are selfish at their core, and there will always be people who only care about themselves. Someone will come along and ruin the entire…

every group follow after them in the use of reproductive justice. This is because reproductive justice and pro-choice hold slightly different meanings that make them unable to be interchangeable. In fact, the author explains the challenges of the reproductive justice framework that makes it impossible to use as a substitute word for choice. This is because often time reproductive justice organizations focus on multiple issues. Reproductive justice focuses on a broader reproductive health agenda,…

examines the subjective nature of justice, Thucydides illustrates a more convincing picture of the subjective nature of justice through his narration of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides provides a compelling argument through his narration of Athens’ view on justice before and after the war. On the other hand, Plato records Socrates questioning others on their views of justice. In the first book of Plato’s Republic, Socrates only questions ideas regarding justice, but he does not present a…

that seem to exceed the good outcomes of the play. The world of King Lear is filled with brutal cruelty. Shakespeare suggests that there is no justice in King Lear through his portrayals of characters’ suffering, the lack of response to the character’s prayers, and King Lear’s fake trial. The suffering of different characters shows that there is no justice in King Lear. The first sign of injustice seen in the play is Cordelia’s disownment (1.1.110-113). Here it is seen that her father disowns…

necessarily governed in the way that is best and freest from faction …” (Republic 520c, p. 199) Why is it best for the people who least want to rule to do so? For whom is it best and why? What does this suggest about the possibility of achieving perfect justice in the city? The question of the reluctance of the governors in Plato’s Republic can also be framed as a question on the return of the philosophers to the cave, in the Allegory of the Cave, and it has long been a subject of Plato’s…

In Socrates argument of, “From these premises I proceed to argue the question whether I ought or ought not to try to escape without the consent of the Athenians: and if I am clearly right in escaping, then I will make the attempt; but if not, I will abstain.” (Plato, B.) Based on what was discussed within chapter one, the state cannot exist if law is not obeyed. By that logic he is not in violation of any law which in turn makes it unsound for him to be imprisoned. Making his attempt at escape…