POL113H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harm Principle, On Liberty
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Their reality is merely images of shadows on a wall. Irony- the images that they"re seeing are images of puppets casted by the fire. one of the pris- oners are released from the cave and into the world above. The brightness of the sun blinds his eyes but he slowly his eye adjust & he is able to see solid images. He looks directly at the sun & understands that the sun represents the true reality. when returning to the cave the prisoner will have to adjust his sight again. He will tell other prisoners of what he saw but they will laugh at him & some may threaten to kill him. Plato understands that because education & reality are frightening, many will be in disbelief or remain ignorant because they are afraid to leave their perceived reality". Harm principle:you are free to express yourself but not engage in any expression that harms others.
