PSY 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thrasymachus, Cephalus, Polemarchus
12 Mar 2018
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Explain what they are and why they get rejected in the end. Just behavior works to the advantage of other people, not to the person who behaves justly: thrasymachus assumes here that justice is the unnatural restraint on our natural desire to have more. Justice is a convention imposed on us, and it does not benefit us to adhere to it. The rational thing to do is ignore justice entirely: thrasymachus makes clear, justice is not universally assumed to be beneficial. In this view, life is seen as a continual competition to get more (more money, more power, etc. Understanding justice now as the adherence (commitment) to certain rules which enable a group to act in common: socrates points out that in order to reach any of the goals. Only in this way, socrates is convinced, can everything be done at the highest level possible. They yearn for rich food, luxurious surroundings, and art.
