POL200Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thrasymachus, Polemarchus, Cephalus
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[3 answers: theory 1 cephalus states that justice is doing the right thing paying back what is owed, and speaking the truth. Certainly not always: he uses the example of giving a weapon to a mad man [does belong to him], knowing he is mad and capable of harm this would be unjust. Therefore, justice is not simply giving what is owed to a person and being honest: theory 2 polemarchus states that justice is doing good to friends and harm to enemies. To give each what is owed to them, good to good, bad to bad. Socrates refutes polemarchus statement by saying that our judgment of people may not be clear. Will lead us to harm the good and help the bad. We are not always friends with good people, and the bad are not always terrible people in society. justice to be unclear too. Socrates attacks this theory on three levels intelligence, strength, happiness.
