PHL202H5 Lecture 9: PHL202 - Lecture 9.docx
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Simona: m 1-2, w 12-1 rm 260 nb. Character not action: states of character. Businessman (monkey-maker) who has devoted his life to the production of wealthy rather than the cultivation of civic virtue. Some situations where keeping a promise is not just (ex. Repaying money: cephalus points to examples of what is just. Cephalus" son (his heir to everything including the argument) Was put to death by the thirty tyrants. His definition of justice relies on the authority of the poet, simonides. To give to each person what is owed to them - system of justice. Justice -2: [to give] benefits to friend and [to do] harm to enemiesto treat friends well and enemies badly (332d) to give to each what they are owed: Justice can only benefit: how do we know who our friends are, harming enemies will ultimately make them more just. Neutral end of skilled expertise argument (333e-334b)
