(Plato: Cerrito 54) In regards to Critos reasoning, Socrates does not agree with him and sets forth his reasons for holding that one is bound to enact to the punishment imposed on him, even though the punishment may be a very unjust one. ... (Plato: Crito 54-56) Plato's argument is even more dictatorial: he states that we have an obligation, for the good of our soul; to obey unjust laws and to accept unfair punishment for laws we haven't broken. ... Plato's answer seems to be that the privilege to live in a society justifies any injustice that might go along with it, but by ch...

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Like Plato, Martin Luther King talks about using your knowledge as good or evil. ... He states in Letter from Birmingham Jail that: "There are just and unjust laws, a unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself. ... King goes on give more examples of just and unjust laws. ... Plato and King believed people were born with the true knowledge of forms/ideas. ... Plato and Dr. ...

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He spent twenty years studying and working at Plato's Academy. Plato was an influential philosopher and scholar that made a tremendous impact on Aristotle. Many of Plato's ideologies were presented in Aristotle's works. ... So what was meant by just and unjust? ... What might have been unjust to some might not have been considered unjust to others. ...

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The invisible ring is one way that living just is better then living unjust can be proven. ... Is this unjust? ... With all the money I have I can buy a house, cars, get married and have a happy life, as an unjust man. Unjust people have themselves in mind, but on the way they can help the pour or the sick. ...

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