PHIL 1000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Animal Training, Sophist, Sigurd
29 Sep 2017
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What is justice: first answer- it"s payi(cid:374)g you(cid:396) dues. Why?- some dude that you borrowed a weapon from went crazy and wants it back: second- giving your friends their due, harming enemies. A good (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)t (cid:373)ake a(cid:374)yo(cid:374)e else (cid:449)o(cid:396)se, and harming people makes them worse. Justice is a property of individuals, and an attribute of society. If you know what justice is in the state, then you know what it is in the individual 368d: the individual is not self sufficient. We have basic needs that we cant satisfy on our own: people have different aptitudes that are suitable for different tasks. You should just stick to what youre best at. Plato is against being well-rounded: basic functions in society- ruling, supporting rulers, working. A just society would be when everyone performs their required function, and nothing else: elements i the self- reason, spirit, appetite.
