POL200Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Polemarchus, Thrasymachus
8 Feb 2019
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You can"t make someone more just by harming them. You can"t harm unjust people either because that would be unjust. By educating them and showing them the error of their ways. Socrates" definition of harm is odd, he means making them more unjust. His definition is not typical, and not the normal way we would think about justice. Book reveals definitions for justice which are all flawed in some ways. Questions why he isn"t telling us everything and is being dishonest. Knows the answer all along and just isn"t telling us. He gives a more realistic portrayal of justice. Justice is nothing but the advantage of the stronger (a proto-machiavellian idea) "each sets down laws for their own benefit"
