... just and unjust. However, the only problem with this is the fact that not all would agree with Gorgias's standard of morality, which could be considered unjust and therefore corrupting to his pupils, no to mention the audience. Upon researching Plato's views on objective standards of morality, we learn that even in his other works, the Republic and Symposium, Plato argues against moral and aesthetic ... subjectivism. Rather, Plato approaches morality from the Egoistic standpoint in believing that you should do what is actually best for you, not ... what you think is best for you. Given...

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... virtuous one must possess Merit, Valor, and have beneficial qualities. One must know and act upon what is good, what is right. Plato expresses in the "Republic- that a person and later a state must aim to achieve the four principal virtues. The four virtues consist of, courage, temperance, wisdom and justice. For Socrates a virtue is a particular thing or attribute. It is something ... his sense of justice. He believes that temperance, wisdom and knowledge balanced equally together create harmony which then produces justice. The subject matter of the "Republic- is the nature of justice ...

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... for a person if and only if that action is required by the basic moral principles or standards accepted by that person's culture. Anthropologist Ruth Benedict uses the examples of homosexuality and murder, which are considered to many cultures as morally wrong. Benedict claims that in ancient Greece, as indicated by Plato's Republic, homosexuality was mostly approved and accepted. Homosexuality was "presented as one ... of the major means to good life. " (80) This clearly shows what it's believed to be immoral to one culture may be considered as moral and acceptable ... rightness and ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate