POL S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glaucon, Noble Lie
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To understand justice, we must compare the individual to __________. a. True or false: socrates believes it is okay to lie if the lie benefits the person to whom it is told. a. First paper due october 24th - paper prompts posted next week. Plato - the republic (reading assignment #1: book 2 and pgs. Justice is absolutely indispensable for the good life. Justice gives the best possible city and world when understood correctly. Actually unclear whether or not plato endorses socrates" thinking about justice as presented in the text. Characters thus far: socrates, glaucon, adeimantus (g & a are plato"s brothers) From this text, we get the idea of truth (because of plato) Universalized in this book, truth applies to all. 2 brothers, adeimantus and glaucon (as well as an unnamed sister) Socrates in a social setting asks his friend to clarify justice for him.
