POL200Y1 Lecture : lecture note
Document Summary
We all resemble the characters of plato because we all have opinions of justice and claim to possess the knowledge of justice. We should be ashamed at not knowing what justice is and we should be ashamed at falsely claiming that we know what justice is. The problem between the relation of art and justice. Justice is not an art but a virtue. The just man seems to be characterized by intentions. A just man is a r ighteous man. Justice is entirely a matter of good will or righteous intention. But the basis still may lie in knowledge. We cant be just if we don"t know what the good is and how to do it. So justice must be an art and must not be one. If justice is doing good to friends and harm to enemies, one must know what a friend is. If you harm a man who turns out to be good, you have done injustice.
