Thrasymachus On Justice

Thrasymachus’s theory the justice is the advantage of the stronger is more practical than Socrates and Polemarchus’s positions that helping the good and harming no one is. My justification for Tharasymachu’s theory being more practical is based on the notion that people in power tend to want to stay in power, and people who are not in power want to become more powerful by a substantial amount. With that being said, Tharasymachu’s position works because the people in power tended to pass laws and policies reflecting that said desire of keeping themselves in power. Tharasymachu’s position isn’t necessarily moral in my opinion, but there is strong evidence to support that the notion of justice of one generation has been seen as injustice by the

One can argue that since the slave owners of the South viewed the slaves more as property, that they were just for chasing down the slaves in order to regain their property. The Southerners in power during that time found that notion of slaves being property just, whereas now most of us look at slavery and that notion of justice being in fact unjust towards the people in slavery at that time. The same analogical principle can be used for many social and economic issues that the world currently faces. What’s practical and what is deemed by most to be moral are usually not acted upon simultaneously. For example, a utopian type of society where everyone has enough food to eat, enough water to drink, and are able to have all of their desires fulfilled may be seen as a mostly moral society by some, but is it practical in the modern era, or especially in the time of this discussion among these historical characters occurring ? I would argue that it is not obtainable nor is it sustainable due party to humanities’ independent, diverse desires and

Socrates and Polemarchu’s positions are close to Jesus’s position of love and pray for one’s enemies, whereas as a Christian I have to admit can be tough at times.Treating one's enemies kind like Socrates and Polemarchus advocate for in order to be just is often as equally difficult or not more then, more than it is now.The reason as to why being kind is more moral, but not as practical is because harming sometimes continues the cycle of revenge, as they will harm one back. If one is kind to his/her friends and enemies alike, one may have a shot at not having continuous vengeance acted upon oneself. With that being said, a tremendous amount of pain in the days of these men and in the days of now are caused by the revengeful tendencies of people and many people still engage in the act of vengeance. The people who are in power are of no exception to that statement.The power holders in a society can often create their own sense of justice enforce that sense upon others or try to infiltrate social norms through various sources in order to create what is seen as just in a society, but it has the potential to favor the policy makers themselves. To sum it up: what is practical for a society to engage in often differs than what is moral. What is seen as just to