Philosophy 3003F/G Lecture 9: Republic I & II

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Republic = text about justice (type of harmony proper ordering) Books 2-10 are influences by pythagoreans who were all about harmony. Thrasymachus sophist (like protagoras), not an objectivist, obsessed with power, moral values are subjective and socially constructed. Definition #1: justice = speaking truth and repaying debts. Definition #2: justice = repaying what is owed. : justice is the advantage of the stronger (perfect injustice is better: soc. : the ruler is pursuing a craft: are they pursuing their own advantage (thras. ) Or the advantage of the subjects (soc: e. g. , doctor as craftsman is seeking advantage of patients. 346a&d: trying to show who benefits, weaker are those who are receivers of crafts (patients of the doctor, soc. : crafts people benefit the weaker, not the stronger. If ruling (justice) is a craft, it benefits the weaker, not the stronger (contradicts thras. : the weaker (when it comes to justice) are the subjects .

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