Reproductive justice

Plato 's case which favours philosophers creating the ideal polis, the Kallipolis, which is dependent on philosophers ruling with political power; knowledge and love of wisdom being key for this ideal polis. The case, presented in “the Republic” which is Plato’s most fascinating and most significant pieces, works in the development of philosophy. Socrates is at the center of this narration and for this reason is described as, “merely, the mouthpiece of his own opinion.” The case is subject to…

Justice Justice. It is at the heart and soul of the American ideology. We believe there is no such thing as a civil society without it. We fought a revolution to free ourselves from the laws of an unjust king. It is the only virtue stated in our pledge of allegiance, and for the last two hundred and forty years we have tried to uphold this virtue in every part of our democracy, but what is justice? Meriam-Webster Dictionary says justice is the administration of law; especially: the…

In the Republic, Socrates affirms that in the ideal state the philosophers will have to be compelled to “return to the cave” and to take up their ideal position as rulers of the city. I feel that this compulsion is not really as such, and is simply indoctrination within the education of the ideal state. The concept of them being left alone comes to mind, as the philosopher is inherently different from most of his fellow man by the very nature of what defines him, a lover of knowledge. I show…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne showcases the Puritan community and their way of life: living by the Bible. Of course, some Puritans do not follow the teachings of the Bible, and thus they are referred to as sinners. These sinners are punished not only by the Puritans, but also by nature. However, Hawthorne shows that nature punishes leniently while the Puritans punish harshly. Hawthorne 's word choice of the sunshine in the forest shows nature 's lenient punishments. When Pearl and…

Justice is a highly subjective idea. Every society throughout history has had legal codes with the hopes of achieving what they believed to be justice. However, because each society has different attitudes toward what they believe is just and even toward the purpose of their laws, historians have often seen different concepts arise. Two clear examples of societies having different concepts of justice and of the purpose of legal codes are the Mesopotamians, who believed that justice involved…

Justice versus injustice is one of the biggest conflicts in this world as justice lacks one true definition. Socrates goes out to find the meaning of justice, but what he finds is a conflict where the unjust man is not always the loser. The unjust man can be better than the just man and the argument that the fair man is superior does not always hold up against injustice. Justice benefits the mass while injustice aids the individual. Controlling people is easier with justice. It allows…

What if survival meant killing and eating the flesh of one 's own camrade? Given the choice between starvation and cannibalism, how would one make a cogent decision? That is exactly what occurred in Professor Lon L. Fuller 's fictional, legal case titled, "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers." The investigation explores the circumstances involving the death of a cave-explorer, Roger Whitmore. In summary, five cave-explorers were trapped in a cave after being blocked by a landslide. Fortunately…

Aristotle Book II and Book V It is Aristotle’s claim that justice is the greatest of the moral virtues. To be just one has to perform acts not only for one’s own good but for the good of others (whether that is the government, your neighbor or another individual). Attaining a character of justice only comes by habit and the activities one performs. Injustice can be differentiated from justice as: acts performed to the detriment of oneself and others, and composes the entirety of vice.…

Argument paper, Plato contemplates whether or not the distribution of wealth has an effect on justice in a given society. In Plato’s Republic, Plato gives an account of civic justice that justifies the constraints on the distribution of wealth. His student, Socrates, forms a hypothetical, utopian city called the kallipolis in order to lay out the criteria for justice within a city. In order to obtain justice in the kallipolis, everyone is given a duty assigned by the education system for…

Cephalus defines justice as the following: justice is telling truth and paying debts. However, Socrates refutes Cephalus’s definition by claiming that there are situations when it is not just to tell the truth and pay the debts. Sometimes, contracts are bad though it starts out good. For example, it is not just to return weapon or entrust care to a friend who is insane. Besides Cephalus’s definition of justice, Thrasymachus also provides his definition of justice. First, justice is nothing but…