Analysis Of Thrasymachus's Argument Against Justice

Midterm Philosophy Paper

Glaucon’s continuation of Thrasyamachus’s argument against “justice” is broken down into three parts in which he described that his argument will make an attack on different points. First, he began by asking the questions of “what sort of thing people claim justice is” and “where they say it comes from”. Second, he went on to note that “everyone who pursues it pursues it unwillingly as something necessary but not good”. Finally, he articulated that “people do it fittingly since the life of someone who’s unjust is much better than that of someone who’s just as they say”.

Glaucon slightly altered Thrasymachus’s argument by taking a different approach on his attack of justice. Whereas, Thrasymachus discussed that those

He also describes how if there was a truly just person, other people would not look upon them as a saint. They would look upon they as “miserable and utterly senseless (p.216).” But praise them to their face for fear of suffering an injustice themselves. No one truly admires people who are considered just, they look upon them as senseless in their lack for greed or desire to have things. For example, a nun while considered holy they often looked down upon. Nobody envy’s nuns because they don’t own anything even though their considered very just. While at the same time people have a desire to be unjust while appearing just. Such as the doctor who does something unjust or what’s considered impossible in the medical field. He is still considered just as long as he portrays he did it for the correct reason. This is the true desire of every person to have both the benefits or being unjust, while appearing to be just. One of his strongest points is taking two men one doing unjust things while have the opposite reputation, the other vice versa. At the end of their lives look upon them and decide which is the happier man. The just man with a bad reputation will be tortured and killed, all the while his reputation in his society will fall to one of disgrace. While the unjust man with a good reputation will soar to the heights of

He believes that each has its specific niche in society. Soldiers could be considered a spirited soul that has its specific fit into society. There is the rational part of a person, the part that takes in situation and understands what is actually best. This part is considered the most important as it balances all over parts of an individual’s health. There are the desires such as sex and drugs which have to be resisted by the rational part. Referring back to my earlier paragraph of a stronger part of your soul must conquer desire is one of them. Spirited part of the soul is the emotional part and has the most empathy which also must balance the rest of the