Social justice

conception of justice makes practical use between Socrates and fellow Athenians to examine the many aspects of the complex conception, especially justice’s value. Through Glaucon and Adeimantus’ challenge towards Socrates, the question of whether justice is good only for its consequences or worthy in itself is raised. In this essay, I offer an account on what Socrates means by justice and whether it’s good in itself, drawing on Plato’s “Republic” where Socrates praises the intrinsic value of…

Authority and Democracy are both very important factors within society, in regards to the state and the people within society, philosophers such as Plato and J.S Mill both discussed and formed opinions of both authority and democracy. However, both of their views appear to be very different in terms of distribution of education amongst society and the extent of political truth. Throughout this essay, both Plato and J.S Mill’s theories will be explained and analysed to show the differences and…

better than unjust life. In The Republic by Plato, speaks through his teacher Socrates who sets out the basic laws for humans through the longest argument among group of friends in a meeting at Polemarchus house. Socrates presents a question, “What is Justice?” He continues to disprove any answer he was given. Therefore, he present no definition of his own. Later, Thrasymachus, present himself like a wild beast asking Socrates what is just and why you go on circles and never answer the question.…

The central theme of this poem is about the difference in social class during the earlier days, jealousy and childhood. In the poem, Stephen Spender is describing about himself being teased and abuse by his own peers, which is known to be rough kids. Whereas towards the end, the poet forgives the unpleasant kids…

truly is justice. Is it what society see it to be, what one sees it to be, or is justice such an aloof ideal that man is still trying to comprehend what exactly justice is to one’s soul. On the terms of understanding justice one must also think if they need justice and if so what it means to them. The value they hold to justice is something such as an intrinsic good which Plato elaborates on in The Republic where the definition and need for justice is looked upon. The definitions of justice…

Also in “Self-Constitution in the Ethics of Plato and Kant”, by Christine Korsgaard, Plato's constitutional model says that the procedures that unify a city are based on the actions that unify a person's soul. This makes a city appear to be an agent, "it is not just a place to live, but rather a kind of agent which performs actions and so has a life and a history. And we can see the same three parts in a political decision" (Korsgaard 105). Plato believes that reason is used so people can be…

During 300-400 BCE, Greeks passion for reasoning and logic influenced the development of Western thought. Contribution to historical records, philosophers Herodotus and Thucydides were first to explain history; they would delve into the past to decide the facts and significance of historical events. For instance, Herodotus questioned and analyzed historical evidence to write History of the Persian War; however, not often did he differentiate between facts and legends. Later, Thucydides…

evidence and witnesses to prove that Carl Lee Hailey murdered the two men. One witnesses was a cop who was shot by accident. Despite all the evidence and witness Carl was freed of all his charges. In the eyes of government, justice was not served, but in the eyes of the people, justice was served. This was not similar to Tom’s case in To Kill a Mockingbird. In Tom’s case there was no evidence to prove that Tom was guilty. However there was evidence to prove that Bob Ewell treats his family like…

According to Thrasymachus ‘Justice is the advantage of the stronger’. What does he mean by this and does Socrates succeed in proving him wrong? The name Thrasymachus means fierce fighter, and this certainly represents the character of the same name, who appears in book one of Plato’s Republic. Thrasymachus enters Plato’s world with a statement designed to shock, stating that “justice is the advantage of the stronger”. The idea is that rulers make the laws in their own best interests, and…

are unaware that their segregation tactics are unimportant, Dr. King argues that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” (182). In other words, the freedom of all citizens is being questioned. Dr. King had hoped that “the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice” (189), and not for creating unjust laws. Dr. King wanted to awaken the conscience of the community by…