Restorative Justice Essay

questions of (1.) what is justice? And (2.) is a just person happier than an unjust person? In order to be able to provide an adequate answer to question to Socrates claims that one must first know what justice. That is to say justice must properly be defined first, once it is defined an argument can be made to show whether a just person is happier than one who is unjust. Socrates goes on to say in Book 2 that in order to be able to provide a proper definition of justice at an individual…

Plato’s Republic seeks to answer what the essence of justice is and how it can be enacted both within a city and self. Focusing on the concept of justice within the city, what follows will argue that according to Plato philosophers make the best suited to as they are the only people that possess true knowledge. He believes that no city can be just unless it is ruled by a philosopher as justice itself has an ideal form, therefore making philosophical knowledge necessary to truly understand it. As…

originate from being just, rather than explaining why being just is better solely for the sake of justice. First, we must know what is meant by a “better” life. Early in the book, Socrates himself does not explicitly state what he means and instead agrees implicitly with Thrasymachus in saying that a “better” or “more profitable” life is…

In Plato’s Republic, justice is the main point of conversation for Socrates and his friends. Everyone has their own idea of what justice truly is, and tells Socrates what they believe. Socrates uses his general method, asking questions, to make each of the individuals tear their own idea of justice apart. Socrates idea of creating just cities and individuals comes about through questioning the other ideas of justice. First, how does the city become just? Second, how does the individual citizen…

and Adeimantus challenge Socrates to demonstrate that justice is inherently good for the soul. In addition, Glaucon makes this challenge more difficult for Socrates by including the Ring of Gyges story, which implies that people only act just since it leads to the reward of a perfect reputation. By presenting this to Socrates, Glaucon and Adeimantus demand Socrates to not only refute this belief, but to also…

city/state; the Callipolis. With this set up Plato, through Socrates in the work Republic, conducts a systematic questioning of being. As the Republic, itself is an attempt to answer a problem with human behaviour; the notion of justice. To deal with this problem of justice Plato considers what would make an ideal form of polis. Plato argues that philosopher kings/queens should be the rulers, as all philosophers, in some way, want to attain or form the ideal…

Plato’s Philosopher Kings are raised from birth to be virtuous, and protect the state by ensuring that justice would be considered in the settling of any dispute. Their citizens understand that the ruler will protect them, and they inherently trust him for the morality by which he guides his life. The idealistic leader is a perfect ruler for a just society…

deceptive elements that lead to a working society. This tool of deception is Machiavelli’s tactic for the Prince to unify a chaotic society under peace. Similarly, in the Republic, Plato examines the idea of society striving to reach perfection and justice which is known as Kallipolis. At the head of Kallipolis sits the Philosopher King, or guardian class, who are adept-minded philosophers that run society above the law. However, Plato establishes a Noble Lie to his people where they slowly…

as well as offer a criticism of the argument. In the Republic, Glaucon asks Socrates to defend justice and prove that justice is better than injustice. More specifically, Glaucon wants Socrates to prove that not only are the outcomes of justice desired, but that justice itself is desired, rather than being a burden. Glaucon uses the tale of the Ring of Gyges to support his explanation of why justice is not preferred over injustice. In the tale, a shepherd finds a ring which gives him the ability…

Republic, Socrates creates an ideal polis, and in doing so finds justice in the soul. The two foundational principles of the ideal city that Socrates creates are self-sufficiency and one-person-one-art, referred to today as specialization. Individual people are not self-sufficient, so the citizens of the city must take up a profession and trade with each other. Socrates and his companions are successful in their search for justice, and are able to reach the answer by considering the classes and…