PHI 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Bad Life, Making Money, Internal Standard
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Socrates: ruling or governing is a profession. Justice as an intrinsic good: a good pursued in the practice of ruling, pursued in the interests of those ruled, measured by the internal standard of justice, not for the self-interest of those who rule. Hasn"t yet said what justice is yet: but has eliminated justice=power or interest. Justice allows us to perform the proper function of the mind well. Analogy of soul and state: easier to see justice in a city than a person, but justice will be similar in both realms, soul and state are connected. State: made of different kinds of people. Each represent a part of soul: relations between the parts. Just-when they are balanced, well ordered, agreed on who is in charge. Unjust- when there is conflict, disruption, imbalance, lack of coordination: state makes/ is made by . Soul: made of different parts or function. Each has its own virtue: relations between the parts.
