Restorative justice

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…

Republic, Socrates seeks to discover what justice is and why it is necessary for one to be just. Socrates asks Cephalus and his son Polemarchus their thoughts on his inquiry, finding error and contradiction in each of their responses. However, their responses to Socrates’ question on justice only acts as a preface to the sophist, Thrasymachus’ view on what justice is and why it is imperative for the human person to be just. Thrasymachus tells Socrates that justice benefits the stronger, or…

Marcus Newell Beech-Nut Case Study Professor Finnerty 13 October 2015 Beech Nut Discussion Questions 1. In my opinion, LiCari did not overreact. I believe this because it is a felony to falsely label a product, which Beech Nut did with advertise on their products. This product was given to babies, it was second leading provider of baby products, which means mothers trusted this product for their small children. When I have my own children I want nothing but the best for them and Beech Nut…

In this essay, I will show that Derek Parfit is wrong to think that without perfectionism we cannot avoid the repugnant conclusion. My first step in defending this thesis will be to review Parfit’s argument on the repugnant conclusion and the way perfectionism helps us avoid it. I will then try to undermine his view by showing it supports implausible claims. For example, the premise of Parfit’s argument is that perfectionism does provide a full means of avoiding the repugnant conclusion. However…

cares deeply about the idea of justice. However, he and his company cannot seem to agree on a proper definition of the word. They do, however, agree on various examples of what is not just. One such example is Socrates’ statement that “human beings who have been harmed necessarily become more unjust.” However, this statement implies that the only way to be just is to do what is best for society as a whole, rather than accounting for each individual’s idea of justice. This Socratic statement…

“I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.” - Albert Einstein. Making ethical choices should just be common sense within society. We expect everybody to do the right thing, we want everybody to do the right thing. But what happens when one does something unethical? What happens to them? What happens to the people around them? It never turns out well, they end up destroying everything around…

outside of the state, as only by existing in association with other individuals one acquires significance. Moreover, each person is destined to be given a defined function which he or she should perform for the community to strive, ensuring that justice, as seen by the philosopher, is attained. Even though social mobility within the bounds of his state is limited, exceptions are possible if one demonstrates an extraordinary potential for intellectual or physical development or, on the contrary,…

One of the most well-known works of Plato is his «Republic» in which he describes the ideal state. This concept is very important for understanding Plato’s political philosophy. From the beginning this work was criticized by many scholars and there was and still is an argument whether Plato’s State can be called closed and consisted of authoritarian society without freedom or not. That is the question I will try to answer in my essay. Describing the ideal state, Plato divides the inhabitants…

from both philosopher's accounts? In Book II of the Republic, Glaucon offers a “social contract” explanation for the nature of justice What men want most is to commit injustices without consequence What men want least is to be subject to injustices without the ability to fight back Justice, as such, is the result of the contracts between men to avoid these extremes (justice as the middle ground). So, for the fear of becoming victims of injustice, and without the ability to be unjust with total…