Retributive justice

To hell with moderation! If I can do what I please without suffering the consequences, why would I not? Thrasymachus argues that, “Injustice, if on a large enough scale, is stronger, freer, and more masterful than justice. And, as I said from the beginning, justice is what is advantageous for the stronger, while injustice is profitable and advantageous for oneself.” (344c) He says this ultimately leading to the restated argument by Glaucon that concludes “For the life of the unjust person, is,…

Justice as entitlement theory which concerns itself with the distribution of property is Nozick’s theory which is founded upon the base that distribution can be deemed just or not depending on how it came about. Nozick states that justice has to do primarily with 3 theories; Justice is acquisition, whereby how acquiring property rights over something that was owned by someone before you. The second one is Justice in transfer, how you acquire property rights over something that has been handed…

Introduction: The establishment of the environmental justice movement can be seen as one of the largest social matters when dealing with the balance of our earth’s surroundings and civil rights to a variety of ethnical groups. The affairs of the environmental justice movement influenced community members and a large part of the nation to engage back on the issue of disrespect and demand the rights of support that the dumping of waste in their local areas are affecting the lives of human’s…

While Socrates and Polemarchus wrap up their conversation, Thrasymachus continues to listen to them speak. Thrasymachus is engulfed with a great urgency to confront Socrates with his own definition of ‘justice’. In his critique of justice he believes it is the advantage of the powerful. Thus, Thrasymachus represents the moral and political views of a cynical sophist. As he defends his claim, he states that the strong are the rulers who establish the laws. He continues by implying that these…

In Plato’s Republic, Socrates rejects Polemarchus’s definition of justice – doing good to friends and harming enemies – because one cannot know good from evil unless they have knowledge of the nature of the good. Mistakes can be made in choosing good from evil if knowledge of the good is not obtained. In Mill’s Utilitarianism, Mill sees that actions are good if they tend to promote happiness (pleasure and the absence of pain) and bad if they tend to promote the opposite. This principle is what…

tragedies affect innocent victims. In that realm, justice is an illusion rarely served throughout life. People who deserve consequences for their wrongdoings live carelessly and unaffected; generous and decent people experience unnecessary consequences. In short, life is unfair and justice doesn’t actually exist in our world. Thus bears the questions, is justice really served; what is the definition of justice; what are the ethics behind justice. Different philosophers and authors have argued…

Socrates first argues and proves to Polus that doing the unjust is worse than suffering an injustice. Socrates begins his reasoning by expanding upon Polus’s point that while suffering an injustice is more painful, doing the unjust is more shameful (474c). Since it is a shameful act, it is inferred to be synonymous with pain and evil. The opposite can be said of an admirable act, which is seen as pleasant and beneficial. Socrates furthers the point by stating that in the case of admirable things…

The general argument made by Paul Mendelle in his work is that juries promote democracy and give a taste of judicial system to ordinary, everyday people. More specifically Mendelle argues that juries are the most fair, effective, and efficient system to convict people of crimes they have or have not committed. He writes “ There is no other part of the constitution that is so open to the public, where ordinary people participate in decisions of suc immediate importance and wield real power.”(line…

In my opinion, Thrasymachus was referencing “justice is the advantage of the stronger” to people who have the authority or power to make rules and regulations for others to follow; Thus abiding by the laws and one will be Just, however, if one should break that laws, he /she is unjust. He then cited an example for Socrates that “the different forms of government make laws democratically, aristocratically, tyrannical, with a view to their several interests; and these laws, which are made by them…

Is killing, torturing or simply harming 99 people an acceptable action if by doing so 100 people could be saved? The Cost-Benefit Analysis (define?) is a highly controversial topic among philosophers such as Dershowitz, Bentham and Mill, since it describes a very cold way of deciding on ethical issues. In his book “Why terrorism works” (p.236), Dershowitz’s expresses serious concern about the moral limitations of the Cost-Benefit Analysis , which he suggests could lead to tyranny. In this essay,…