PHL 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Shining Light, Waking Hours, Tyrant
12 Dec 2016
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Definitions of justice: cephalus: justice is speaking the truth and repaying our debts. Socrates: but what about someone who is out of his mind . Works in peaceful situations but not violent (ex. A crazy person asks you for the gun they lent to you because they want to kill someone: polemarchus : justice is helping friends and hurting enemies. Socrates: but justice seems only useful in wartime and not in peacetime. But you can use justice for both good and bad. But if you harm a person you make them worse than they were before, and justice doesn"t aim to make people worse: thrasymachus: justice is the interest of the stronger. Socrates: rulers make mistakes and can make mistakes that work in the disadvantage of the ruler. Socrates: but rulers in precise sense rule for the advantage of those ruled (341c, 342c-343) Socrates: but thrasymachus is mixing up different kinds of technical.
