PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Glaucon, Counterexample, Thought Experiment
17 Sep 2020
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First argument: what counts as justice depends on laws enacted by rulers. In every city, the rulers make laws advantageous to themselves. In every city, justice consists in obedience to those laws. So in every city, justice consists in obedience of those laws. Therefore, since the rulers are stronger, justice is the advantage of the stronger. Counterexample: an example that contradicts or opposes an idea or theory. Second argument: justice is merely of who is in power and when. The unjust person is happier than the just person because he/she achieves their own advantage. Wisdom in that an unjust person will achieve their own advantage. The just man is everywhere at a disadvantage in comparison to the unjust man. The unjust man is stronger than the just man. The stronger is everywhere at an advantage in comparison to the just man. Justice is the advantage of the stronger.
