POL200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cephalus, Benefit Society, Socratic Dialogue
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Last time we left off ins a state of great perplexity. We did(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat justi(cid:272)e is at lal. This difference is meant to mark difference in character. Shorter dialogues plato had always depicted socrates as a philosopher who was ready to discuss topics like courage, piety, justice, moderation, with anyone he came across. Typiically, short platonic dialogues end in a state of perplexity. Superdialogues: exposre things more deeply than traditional socratic dialogues. Glaucon look, everyone knows that those shabby arguments offered are not going to convince everypn. I want to restate case as best as i can from the point of a skeptic try to convince me: threefold classification of goods. Intrinsically good joy, happiness good ness consists simply in experience of the thing itself. Good for its own sake and all by itself. Those that we desire intrinsically for its own sake and for its consequences. We want to be healthy for the sake of itself.
