What_Is_Justice

What Is Justice What is Justice' From the times of ancient Greece, an era of thought and enlightenment emerged some of the greatest thinkers of all time, such as Socrates and Plato. Over the years, many questions have been raised by these men or posed by them. In Plato’s ‘The Republic”, Book I the fundamental question hey focus on is, “What is Justice'” Plato says that the just man does what is good and right to his friends, and wrong and evil to his enemies, though sometimes it is good to do wrong. On the other side of the argument is John Stuart Mill and his view on liberty. Mill was raised as an orthodox utilitarian from earl childhood. He believed that all good is pleasure and all evil is pain; good is ultimate, regardless of motive. Both philosophers put forth well-structured arguments with examples that seem to prove their case. Personally, I agree with Thrasymachus, a character in Book I of ‘The Republic’, in saying “I declare that justice is nothing else than that, which is advantageous to the stronger.” Throughout this paper, I intend to explore both theories to better allow you to see that justice, mill, plato, plato’s, one, socrates, idea, society, power, john, good, therefore, stuart, society’, mill’s, everyone, else, believed, stronger, philosophers, book, because, truth, think, rules, right, pleasure, people, over, much, makes, government, dialogues