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Plato and Ethical Issues Today
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Plato and Ethical Issues Today
The paper explores the relationship between the ethical theories of Plato's "Republic" and the ethics of warfare and counter-terrorism.
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The paper attempts to show that Plato's ethical theories provides for a theory of warfare and can be seen to support the ethics of counter-terrorism. The paper discusses how Plato's view of ethics, as it is explicated in the ideal of a just society, is based on an ethical and philosophical concept of order and the ideal of the correct way to live. The paper relates that Plato's idealistic philosophy has been severely criticized from many quarters in the twentieth and present centuries. The paper explains that it is often seen as anti-democratic, autocratic and even fascist. The paper maintains that, nevertheless, the ethical principles that he propounds have potential value for our often self-destructive and disintegrating modern world.From the Paper:
"For Plato in The Republic and elsewhere, "Virtue is order." (Plato and Platonism) This is a foundational theme that runs through his ethics. This sense of virtue also can be seen to justify warfare when placed in the context of the perfect society, as it reflects the virtuous order of the rational human being. However, one has to explore Plato's thought to understand terms like justice and order in the context of his overarching philosophical theory. In order to understand these ethical concepts one has to establish the relationship between these terms and the central issue in his philosophy; namely the relationship between the ideal and the real in the theory of Forms."Sample of Sources Used:
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