Distributive justice

In Plato's Republic transcribed by Plato, Socrates argues with Thrasymachus on the matter, is being just good and wise? Socrates asks Thrasymachus a question that eventually makes Thrasymachus rethink his position. Socrates makes the argument that justice is wise and good and injustice is ignorance and bad; however, Thrasymachus thinks alternatively in a sense that he defends injustice as being better of the two. Through Socrates’ method of elenchus, Socrates comes to the conclusion “the just…

Republic, Book I, Socrates goes down to Piraeus (Plato 327a, p1). He is stopped by Polemarchus and begins the debate on what justice is with Cephalus (329a, p3). Cephalus explains his view of justice which Socrates shows is incorrect. Polemarchus, then, picks up where his father left off and looks to explain what justice is. However, unlike his father, Polemarchus explains justice as “friends owe something good to their friends, never something bad” (Plato, 332 a10, p6). Continuing with their…

According to the Oxford Dictionary, justice is being defined as a just behavior or a treatment. In the ancient Greek, justice has been perceived differently. Different philosophers have different arguments towards that topic of “ What is Justice?”. Plato elaborates on this topic in his book Republic to give his opinion about what justice is through different characters such as, Thrasymachus and Socrates. Thrasymachus is a sophist, who challenged the view of justice and moral values and gives a…

exhort all men to follow,"(Page 122). What he tried to convinced people of is to know the truth and the correct way of human life which is to live as well as they can. And also, Socrates suggested that in order to live well, people need to "practise justice and every virtue in life and death"(Page 122). This can also be proved by the sentence "that todo injustice is more to be avoided than to suffer injustice, and that the reality…

In book eight of The Republic, Socrates offers his thoughts on Democracy, and whether or not this form of government aids in fostering a successful state. He ultimately concludes that Democracy contains too many flaws, yet the qualities he admires compel him to stay faithful to Athens. Despite declaring Democracy as the “second worst” form of government, Socrates specifically liked its (Democracy) inherent qualities of diversity and freedom of speech. These two qualities are rare in the other…

Crito, a friend and follower of Socrates, arrives in his prison cell one day and tries to convince Socrates into escaping. Socrates counters Crito by giving a few arguments as to why he should not escape, yet his arguments could also be disputed in some ways which brings up the question of Socrates intents. For example, his first argument is that he should not escape as it would mean harming someone and you should never harm even if you are harmed first. This could be contradicted with an act of…

Social Foundations I Kyu Hyeon Kim Prompt: Should the ideal political leader want to lead? How would Plato and the Epicureans answer that question? Title: An Innate Drive of Ideal Political Leader to lead the city In this paper, I will argue that the ideal political leaders would like to lead the city from their innate drive. I will describe how the innate drive makes the ideal political leader overcome the conditions that Plato and Epicureans suggested. Before, I disagree with Plato and…

As seen throughout Plato’s Republic, Plato trusts that justice is important for the individuals who are just. We have likewise observed that Plato does not imagine that justice is great exclusively for its outcomes. It is additionally great in itself, an innate good. He demonstrates this by asserting that justice is a part of the happy life. In the event that the ethics were just a significance to happiness, then they may neglect to cause happiness in different conditions, and one may have the…

addresses the overarching concern of what justice is in the city and what justice is in the individual. Despite claims that The Republic goes too far in subordinating the individual and their happiness, the text disproves this because it constantly searches for coinciding concepts of justice within the city and the individual, addresses the benefit of the happy city for the individual, and specifically presents an exchange of Socrates that explains justice is made to benefit all people and not…

Correctness has been synonymous with justice since the arrival of modern law. However, to claim that “justice” is equal to “being correct” is to bastardize the very essence of “correctness”. This is a result of modeling our justice system after our very own sense of what is correct -- what we believe is best for society. But as one might realize, there then appears a flaw with our justice: What if one’s sense of justice does not agree with another’s sense of justice? What if this very issue…