PHIL 1000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Karl Popper
8 Oct 2016
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Plato believes these questions must be answered together. It seems to them that it may be better to appear just but not truly be just, than being truly just and having everyone believe you are unjust. See a & b person example from last week. With this you could get into mischief and no one would catch you. It is not your wanting to be good that keeps you from being unjust, it is your fear of being caught. Plato"s friends want a demonstration and an explanation of how being unjust harms a just person. Understand the justice in the soul better after looking at justice in the state. Claim about the origins of society: humans live in societies because they are not self sufficient. Division of labour and specialization: different individuals have different talents that they should stick to, each person should do what they are best fitted by nature to do to benefit society.
