PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Crass, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus
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Simonides to give each what is owed him" (331e) Justice consists of giving a just person what they are owed as well as an unjust person what they are owed. Therefore, this aligns very well with our views on justice. Benefit your friends and harm your enemies (332a-b) To treat someone well, you have to know how. You must know what counts as good treatment". In the medical sense, you can"t treat someone well" as a doctor unless you have the requisite knowledge. Skills enable both good and bad treatment. Paradox: just person is a kind of thief. If friends are useful , one might be mistaken about who one"s friends are. We must redefine friends as those who are both believed to be and [are] useful (334e) So the formula is amended: to benefit bad people and harm good ones (334d) Those who can benefit you can be bad and those who might not can be good.
