Compare And Contrast Plato And Hobbes

“ They say that to do injustice is, by nature, good; to suffer the injustice, evil; but that the evil is greater than good”- Glaucon. Between Plato and Hobbes they have very different views on how justice and unjust can be served. Plato disagrees with what Glaucon has said about it but does say how it has reason. Hobbes refer to the justice as laws within the human nature and life. I will be showing the contrast between Plato and Hobbes views that are against or for Glaucon. Plato is able to refute the claim that made by Glaucon because he views justice as a political body instead of Glaucon views on it. “And to those who, not being rich, are important with old age, it may be said with equal justice, that while on the one hand, a good man cannot be altogether cheerful with old age and poverty combined, so on the other, no wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself” (Cahn, 2005, p. 33). This quote helps show the difference on how they look at justice between the two. With Plato it seems he views justice as fit for everyone just not a particular person. Everything is made equal no matter what part of society they come from. More with Plato he values the virtue of the should and how it helps with justice to man and to the city. “.. in his soul, there resides a better principle and a

To be able to have these virtues are main factors building into a just person and having a just city. “ But are we to say that justice is this thing, namely to speak the truth and to give back what one has taken from another? Or is is possible for actions of this very nature to be sometimes just and sometimes unjust?..” (Cahn, 2005, p. 33). More to justice is dealing with the nature of the environment that they are in. That is being able to justify how a just person who may see the good in things compared to unjust who will see the negative things dealing with