PHIL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glaucon, Insomnia, Invisibility
17 Oct 2018
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Due monday, october 22 at the start of lecture. Submit via discussion section on ilearn page. Bring hard copy to class on monday too! Writing about material covered today and tomorrow! Expository essay: explaining how socrates convinced glaucon that being a just person is desirable in itself and profitable for the individual. Conventional picture of justice justice is a set of conventional rules for behavior. We have good reason to be just, but it"s not entirely clear whyit"s supposed to benefit us and society. Justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger. We do not have good reason to be just (unless we are weaklings) Injustice is stronger, freer, more masterly, and more profitable. We have good reason to be just because the just person lives well and the person who lives well is blessed and happy. Because justice if the virtue of the soul. Functions: what an object/person is best at doing.
