Justice

selection The Republic, the nature of justice is being discussed. Glaucon is the speaker, which is a student of Socrates. Socrates is a classical Greek philosopher, credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Glaucon is presenting a commonly held view of justice to Socrates. He argues that “all who practice it (justice) do so unwillingly, as something necessary, not as something good.” In this world, many people look out for just themselves. Justice can be considered as an…

In the book, Justice: What’s the Right thing to do? Michael Sandel discuss the different angles justice is taken and introduces different angles about justice and its role in politics. During this book review, I intend to introduce Sandel’s arguments while also giving my view of my opinions. In chapters one through four, the author discusses theories of justice based on utilitarianism and libertarianism. The book’s purpose is to confront the ideas and concepts that aren’t clear at the surface…

In the dialogue, the Melian Athenians completely were unaware of the convention of justice when it is about the expansion of their empire. For purposes of the personal interest, honor and safety, Athenians to prescribe with the logic of the law of the strongest. In response to Melian plea for the fair play, the representative of the Athenian said that “the standard of justice depend on the equality of the capacity to force and that in fact, the strong one do what they have the capacity and the…

between a private good and a public good. The play teaches also that the law and justice are not always correlated which furthers the tension between private justice and justice for the city. While both arguments are strong, Creon’s argument that the good of the city is more important than justice for a single individual is most correct. Despite the disconnect between the law and justice however, law is essentially justice for the entire political community. The rule of law…

The Republic central subject is finding the definition of justice. We see Socrates and fellow philosophers get into a discussion trying to find the true definition to justice and its definition. First we Cephalus who says the to be a just man is to pay ones debt. Which the turn to prompters who claims that a just ma is good to his friends but bad to his enemies. Finally Thrasymachus says that While Socrates does not express his view on justice specifically in anyway he does ask questions and…

Glaucon in Republic II, is justice? Why and in what sense is it good to be just person, and bad to be an unjust person? According to the theory developed by Glaucon, justice is the case where people agreed to be good to each other, so that not to end up in a chaos. It is better to be just, for people will be in a better situation, rather than if they will choose injustice as a way to act. In Republic’s book two, Glaucon sets up a model to demonstrate what justice is. In his model, he…

between natural talents and justice in his ideal form of society. “The Republic,” presents three facets of justice; justice is giving what is owed, justice is the advantage of the stronger, and justice is less profitable than injustice. Plato’s metaphysics explain that each person is gifted with their own natural talent and should use it to benefit society as a whole. Natural talents are to be used for the commonwealth, and this makes them just, as Plato advocates that justice is the helping of…

Justice is very important in society and there are many different things that go into the idea of justice.There isn’t one simple thing that makes justice work, it takes a variety of different concepts to not only form a system for justice, but put it into action. While there are many examples of societies where rules are established and behavior and judgements are measured against those rules, there is still injustice. We, as humanity, need to continue to be aware of this and work to make the…

The concept of ‘justice’ is associated with ‘fairness’ but is it always fair? That’s a question that has been contemplated throughout society in varying forms. Thousands of poems, songs, films and books have been published across the globe exploring this notion. Two prominent texts that deeply explore the ocean that is the concept of justice are Frank Darabont’s film interpretation of Stephen King’s novella “Rita Hemsworth and The Shawshank Redemption” and the poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”…

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…