1. Plato: - The Republic (Book I) And Others
... are his enemies). Unjust people do that kind of thing. So, the definition is rejected. - Finally, it also cannot be, as Thrasymachus suggests, that justice is the advantage of the strong/rulers. The reasons are a little complex, but: a) First, the rulers may make laws that are in conflict with their interests. It would be unjust to follows those laws, then. But ... and got it, displaying public trust in a democracy). b) Along the lines of appropriate stories, LT asked whether or not there are some lies which are in fact noble at the base of a society. Plato had some strange ones (like h...
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