"The Republic"

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This paper discusses how the main concern of Plato's "The Republic" is justice. The paper notes that the term 'justice' had often been used as morality or, in other words, moral behavior had been described in terms of justice. In fact, Plato, Socrates and others apply the term justice to morality on many occasions. However, today, justice and morality are considered two different things. They may be connected to each other but cannot be used interchangeably. The paper examines how, in contrast, this is not the same with Plato and this distinction is important when examining how Glaucon in "The Republic", describes injustice as immoral behavior and calls it injustice.

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"Socrates refuses to accept this logic and said that only an immoral person would be so deluded. If a person commits acts of injustice because he cannot be seen, he is still hurting his soul and that's the worst thing anyone can do to himself. But his views are again rejected by Adeimantus who supports Glaucon and says: "Both Glaucon and I, Socrates, are saying to you, "My friend, we can start with those original heroes whose writings are extant and end with our contemporaries, but we find that not a single one of you self-styled supporters of morality has ever found fault with immorality or commended morality except in terms of the reputation, status, and rewards which follow from them." (p. 55)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Plato, Republic, trans. Robin Waterfield (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994)

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