PHL-1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nail Gun, Glaucon, Thrasymachus
13 Sep 2016
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At the beginning of book 2, socrates vas won his argument against thrasymachus. However, he enters into another argument with glaucon, plato"s older brother. o. Plato does not agree with anything thrasymachus says: however, plato views glaucon as someone who offers socrates a friendly debate. What is the origin of justice? o o. The fear is that justice is nothing more than a compromise. Doing wrong is by nature good and being wronged an evil, but the evil of being wronged outweighs the good of doing wrong. (359a) We enjoy getting away with breaking a law. We are very upset about becoming the victim of a crime. The suffering of being a victim outweighs breaking a law. o. If justice is a compromise, it seems as if it would not have much meaning. What is the motivation of justice: moral motivations:
