Philosophy 2080 Final: Question - Book 2
17 Apr 2017
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Justice belongs to the highest class; things we desire for our own sake and for what we get out of them. Demonstrates that people just because they are afraid of the punishment of being unjust: we do not hold a natural desire to act justly. Even the most just people will act unjustly if they are given the opportunity. Even the most just man would indulge in lawless desires with possession of this ring: fulfilling erotic, lustful, power-hungry urges. We not only prefer to be just but we believe that an unjust life is more pleasant than a just life. The example of 2 men is given: an unjust man, who indulges on all his urges, but this man is rewarded and honoured, a just man, who is disliked and scorned.
