PHIL1013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Noumenon, Virtue Ethics, Glaucon
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Justice and virtue: (cid:862)all i k(cid:374)o(cid:449) is that i do(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g(cid:863) [ o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates, (cid:862)a(cid:374) u(cid:374)e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed life is (cid:374)ot (cid:449)o(cid:396)th li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) [ o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates, (cid:862)we a(cid:396)e dis(cid:272)ussi(cid:374)g (cid:374)o s(cid:373)all (cid:373)atte(cid:396), (cid:271)ut ho(cid:449) (cid:449)e ought to li(cid:448)e(cid:863) [ o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates] It suggests the idea of people receiving their fair share or their appropriate deserts and is closely linked with the idea of the law. I(cid:374) plato(cid:859)s (cid:396)epu(cid:271)li(cid:272), the tale of the (cid:396)i(cid:374)g of g(cid:455)ges [(cid:449)hi(cid:272)h tu(cid:396)(cid:374)s its o(cid:449)(cid:374)e(cid:396) i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le] is described by glaucon, the brother of plato. Man is chained in the cave only able to see shadows of life [ignorance]. Implicit in his metaphysics is his theory of good. Enlightenment and justice: for plato, the allegory of the cave, which is a metaphor for his theory of. It is also a metaphor however for the noumenal world [objects of the highest knowledge] as it relates to virtues like justice and the duty of the (cid:858)philosophe(cid:396) ki(cid:374)g(cid:859).
