Obstruction of justice

Plato’s The Republic is one of the first books of philosophy. It utilizes the socratic method of discussion and debate to convey ideas relating to justice, politics, and finding the ultimate truth. The text is continually referenced and argued back to in almost all further philosophical conversations. In book seven of The Republic, Plato introduces an allegory which compares the experiences of prisoners in a cave to the levels of knowledge people can obtain. The allegory details a prisoner who…

Within Plato’s Crito, there is dialogue between Socrates and his long-time friend Crito regarding the nature of justice and how one should act in the face of injustice. Crito offers to help Socrates escape prison to evade execution, yet Socrates argues it is wrong for him to escape in response to the injustice he has been dealt. Dealing with the relationship between an individual and a state’s laws, this dialogue is the foundation for inquiry into arguments for being a law-abiding citizen,…

Plato introduces the concept of courage as one of the main virtues present in the city he creates throughout The Republic. The virtues (wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice) are compartmentalized and found in specific classes or parts of the city. Plato states upfront that “Now whoever call the city brave or cowardly will think first about its armed forces.” So it follows naturally that courage finds its foundation in the auxiliary class of warriors. Those who protect and defend the city…

argued that akrasia is impossible, Plato in the Republic believed otherwise. He believed that one could act against his better judgement through weakness of will. Socrates also stated that all the five virtues discussed in the Protagoras; piety, justice, temperance, wisdom, and courage, are dependent upon each other. On the other hand, Plato disagreed with Socrates by stating that each part of the soul has its own role, making the virtue of the soul disunited. In this paper, I intend to first…

will demonstrate Plato's true definition of justice and why no city can be just unless it is ruled by a philosopher-king. Through explaining Plato's ideal city this will aid in concluding why Plato believes philosopher-kings are the best fit to rule in order to truly have a just society. In the text Plato, Republic Plato is discussing human behaviour, most prominently the trait of justice. The characters within The Republic discuss humans and justice, why people are just, is it due to fear of…

Throughout the work Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, written by Greek philosopher Plato, Socrates is faced with moral and ethical challenges. In Euthyphro, Socrates attempts to convince Euthyphro that prosecuting his father might be sacrilegious, despite his duty as a citizen to report any crime committed. Socrates questions Euthyphro on what he believes piety to be, as a way for Euthyphro to understand the alternatives to directly turning his father in. This is followed by Socrates trial in the…

because they only see shadows reflections and images(eikon) of a form. The forms play a huge role in Plato’s larger ethical and political concept because it all comes down to what is just? Is living a just life the best life? Plato’s definition of justice is a human ethic that makes an individual “good”. For example, in…

Thrasymachus’ Conception on Justice In Friedrich Nietzsche’s work, The Genealogy of Morality, he states that the existence of laws establishes what is just and unjust within a given society (Nietzsche 1280; sec 12). Thus, there does not seem to be anything explicitly virtuous for justice. In reference to the Republic, I will argue Socrates and Thrasymachus have different views on justice and will ultimately disagree with each other on Nietzsche 's conception of justice. Nietzsche’s entire work…

In “Plato’s Republic: Justice and the Good Life”, Socrates explores the subject of morality and justice within the soul. His quest to find the answer first involves analyzing justice in a city, and then in the soul and lastly by answering the question why be moral? He accomplishes this by analyzing different levels of justice in the soul from different individuals. First, I will reconstruct Plato’s account of justice as three parts of the soul, those being the rational, spirited and appetite…

Nietzsche makes an important distinction between the words “evil” and bad” even though they are both considered the opposite of “good.” He says that it is the individual views of the common man and the noble man that created these different concepts. The word “bad” originated from the nobles, and the word “evil” came from the ressentiment of the common people. Another important reason that these two words have different meanings is because the nobles and the common people do not share the same…