PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Empirical Evidence, Noble Lie, Meritocracy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Third definition not as easy as the first 2. Crito: the society that executed socrates was an unjust society. 3rd definition of justice justice is the same in all cities what is advantageous for the established rule. Plato placed justice in category 2, has intrinsic and instrumental value. Majority of people would have put it in the third category. Earthquake, shepherd sees corpse inside a bronze horse, takes ring, when he gets above land, realizes that the ring has magical power. Kills king, harms people, lives a good life. In citing this, socrates is saying that if humans could, they could be up to a lot of bad things. Without laws/ morality, humans would harm one another. Adamantes: asks socrates to prove why justice is valuable in and of itself. Looking for how justice relates to city/ state. Humans are social, need a division of labour. The city satisfies our 3 basic needs: food, clothing, shelter.