POLB72H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Common Good, Polemarchus, Healthy City
16 May 2016
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What is justice: common good over own good, i. e. watching pirated movies own good >common good harming common good in a very minuscule level. Money you pay to the big corporation does not really matter to them. Father of cephius: cephius" belief was that justice is paying your own debts and telling the truth. Be good to your friends and harm your enemies: avoids problems, justice is about helping your community and fighting for them war attitude. Socrates helping your friend just because they"re your friend is not good: not a guide as to what you should and should not do, you shouldn"t be harming people or making their situations worse. Socrates asks cephius what it is like to be old: rich did not want to do unjust, spending time in philosophy. Justice is not good imposed on people: good for one person (who determines what justice is) and convinces people to follow it.
