Philosophy 2080 Lecture 19: Monday March 20th, 2017
17 Apr 2017
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Socrates says what happens to those with power: they issue commands that actually harms themselves. Trump is harming himself and his reputation by tweeting: he has an impulsive nature. Someone is really mad at socrates because he just asks questions, he doesn"t provide answers to the questions: he says he doesn"t have any answers that he"s hiding. They engage in a long discussion and he says that people are suckers and unjust people, you call them unjust but they"re the smart ones. Guards are just and just people with be in a relationship with the guards. Socrates repeating what he said in the apology book 1: particular excellence in being a human being and he thinks that excellence is justice. He hasn"t defined it, he hasn"t asked the question what is it? . Justice is something that"s good in itself e. g. , joy. Regarding justice, it"s good in itself and it"s good in its means: it"s good in getting things done.
