... I needed to study more, than to cheat. There are four reasons why we should behave justly. 1) To avoid punishment. (Benko, notes) If we behave unjustly we will soon be punished for those acts and most human beings don't like to be punished in any way. People will kill themselves to avoid punishment. 2) ... he or she would have to fool everyone into thinking, the unjust will live a better life and be remembered better. (Benko, notes) How would an unjustly person be able to live a better life or be remember as better, if what he or she was doing was wrong? 4) If there are no gods ... beha...

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... I needed to study more, than to cheat. There are four reasons why we should behave justly. 1) To avoid punishment. (Benko, notes) If we behave unjustly we will soon be punished for those acts and most human beings don't like to be punished in any way. People will kill themselves to avoid punishment. 2) ... he or she would have to fool everyone into thinking, the unjust will live a better life and be remembered better. (Benko, notes) How would an unjustly person be able to live a better life or be remember as better, if what he or she was doing was wrong? 4) If there are no gods ... beha...

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In Plato's Crito, Socrates has been sentenced to death by the court of Athens and is being held until his execution. The Crito is the recorded account of the conversation between Socrates ... that the laws could have been set up by an evil dictator or an unjust government. For example, in the case of the Dread Scott Decision in U.S. history, it stated unjustly that African American slaves were considered property of their white owners. While today we know this to be unjust, but according to premise two, because of its validity as an ... ...

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... write anything down, all accounts of his story and beliefs are written by other bystanders, the main one being Socrates" student Plato. "He has only one thing to consider in performing any action; that is whether he is acting justly or unjustly, like a good man or a bad man." The above quote was a very famous one that Socrates" had often preached during his ... ...

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