What Is Socrates View On Justice

Regarding Socrates view one should not obey the law just because it is the law. As I said before you have two choices, but one of them is the moral option. We say that it is moral, as it was taught to us this way, but one doesn’t really think about their own opinion in reference to it.

Throughout the dialogue between Euthyphro and Socrates, they both try to come up with an understanding of the relationship between piety and justice. Within the discussion, Socrates questions Euthyphro to see if he can define the difference and similarities between justice and piety, and if they interact with each other. Eventually, Euthyphro and Socrates came up with the conclusion that justice is a part of piety. This is the relationship that I agree most with because in my own opinion, I believe that all of the gods and people agree that human beings who commit unjust actions need to be punished for their actions.

“What is justice?” This is a question that men have struggled with answering for centuries. Justice should be defined for the sake of all people, especially by rulers who attempt to make fair laws so that their society functions in an orderly fashion. In Book 1 of The Republic, Plato attempts to define exactly what justice is. To help determine this definition, he speaks through the philosopher protagonist of Socrates. Justice is first brought up in The Republic during Socrates’ trip to Piraeus. While traveling Socrates ends up gathering with his interlocutors and together, they talk about justice and how one would define it. Socrates debates with the men about the definition of justice and is presented with a definition of

In Plato's, The Apology of Socrates, Socrates was accused and on trial for two charges: that he had corrupted the youth of Athens with his teachings, and, that he advocated the worship of false gods. Socrates taught his students to question everything in a thirst for knowledge. Thus, many politicians were looked at as hypocrites. Because of this, many politicians feared Socrates and wanted Socrates away from Athens. Socrates tried to defend himself against the charges by addressing each accusation. He classified the accusations into two categories, recent and ancient. The recent being the actual accusations and the ancient being the rumors that had circled Athens for years about how Socrates was a man of evil and a man who makes the worse

Socrates moves on to other activities that are useful in peaceful times like farming to get produce, and shoemaking for shoes. Socrates dicusees about what is justice and using it in peaceful times? Polymarchus states getting benefits in busimeses. Socrates asks Polemarchus who would he do a partnership with

Polemarchus starts by piggybacking off of what his father said. Polemarchus says that justice is basically giving people what is rightfully theirs. Socrates has a problem with this so he tests Polemarchus definition of justice and uses it in an example to see if Polemarchus will still stand by what he said. Socrates says well what if your friend lets you borrow a sword and asks for it back but you know that they have the intention of harming someone with it. Socrates wants to know if Polemarchus would still consider giving the person the sword back since he claimed that justice is giving people what is rightfully theirs. Polemarchus then says that’s not what justice is and revises his definition that it is justice to give someone not

Socrates is one of the greatest philosophers that walk among the world. This philosopher was accused for corrupting the youth and he was sent to prison. In prison he had many chances of breaking out and living in a hideout somewhere in Europe. He believed that breaking out of prison is unjust and the just thing would be to stay. He was with the government by staying in jail by not breaking out. This could what is going around the world today with government laws. The just thing is to follow the rules and the unjust is not to follow or get thrown into prison. Also that can go with religion for instance the Catholic Church. They say it is unjust to lie for any purposes, but sometimes you have to life to not hurt other. The church said it is unjust

The next premise we are given by Socrates is that our obligation to follow the rules of our country stems from our consent expressed in our continuous residence in our country after we have been made aware of the entirety of the laws. If one did not wish to continue their residence in country, the Laws did not restrict them from leaving. The consent is not something explicitly given in most cases, but we give our consent through our actions. By not attempting to change our dwelling, we are giving our permission to be ruled. We were not tricked into giving our consent. We made a choice when we remained in the country by which we agreed to follow the Laws and to receive the benefits provided by such a relationship. By remaining, we receive an

Socrates would rather be punished or die before he breaks the laws that were set forth by his state, and this he says later in the same passage, “I should run any risk on the side of law and justice rather than join you. (Cahn pg. 38 Apology b10-c2).”

In the Republic, Socrates takes up the question of whether a just person will be better off than an unjust person. He refutes Thrasymachus’ claim that an unjust person is wise and good and argues that no one in any rule, who, in so far as he is wise and good tries to outdo someone like himself in the same domain. Only an ignorant and bad man will always want to outperform everyone. I shall present Socrates’ argument about justice, as well as, I shall object the argument with the point that in the craft of business, companies should compete to get better overtime. After that, I will challenge the objection, in order to show that businesses are able to improve without competition.

This paper argues that Socrates makes a plausible case for justice. Socrates raised two main questions in the first two books of Plato’s Republic, what is justice? And why should we act justly? Thrasymachus and Glaucon both have different and more negative views of justice than Socrates. Throughout books one and two, Socrates, Glaucon and Thrasymachus go back and forth discussing the definition and application of justice in society. He starts his discussions with Glaucon and Thrasymachus by stating simply, “What is justice?”

In the discussion of what is and is not just, Socrates first forms the opinion that justice is something

Although Socrates encourages questioning authority, he focuses on achieving morality and justice. He believes that

The first point of what Socrates answers what isn’t justice is that justice isn’t equality. It is not after death of getting revenge that makes justice equal. Socrates uses the example of how when a person is on trial for murder, and how that person sentence is death. The end result will not be justice, because in the end both the criminal and already the innocent will be dead and no equality of justice would have been done at all. Another example is when a person is put to death when they owe taxes. There is no equal justice to killing someone who owes taxes because in the end result, the tax is still not paid off. So this leaves Justice is not paying amends. It is then moved to the question of when is justice is used. Justice is used when

Reading Plato’s works, you often find the story revolving around a central question. In previous books it has been asked, “What is piety?” or “What is virtue?” and our answers are the result of a bunch of simple unknowingness. In The Republic Book l, our central question is, “What is justice?” Much like previous discussions of Socrates, they often find themselves in a whirlpool of confusion and absent answers. First, Cephalus answers that justice is to be honest, or to live up to your legal obligations. However, Socrates disputes this idea, and uses counterarguments of armed “madmen” to help. I feel as though this relates to a recent controversial issue in politics, the idea of gun laws, and whether citizens have a right to carry, and to what