Virtues contribute to people's actions in today's society. ... In today's society, these are known as laws. ... However, Plato's four virtues individually do not necessarily produce a utopian society. ... Courage is the preservation of the opinion produced by law, through education about what things are terrible, and what things are good. ... He believes that each part of the soul works in conjunction with the others to form the utopian society that he is searching for. ...

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He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his disdain for the tension of political life (Hacker, 24). ... Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect society. ... They are supposed to be the select few who know what is best for society (Hacker 33). ... Plato chose to tell the reader of his Republic how men would act and what their attitudes would be in a perfect society (Hacker 81). ... Plato sees the justice and law as what sets the guidelines for societal behavior. ...

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Therefore, it is necessary to determine what our function is. The function of a thing, or its telos, is what it alone can do, or what it can do best. ... Moral decisions are ultimately made on the basis of what God commands, not what reason tells us. ... He constructs a foundation for a utopian society in his book "The Republic". The purpose of his thought process was to cleanse his society of the woes he felt plagued it and construct a new one....

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The government is doing what is in their best interest instead of what is morally just. ... At the end of his essay, Thoreau describes a utopian State, in which people are able to live independently of the government. ... Thoreau contends that a person is ultimately responsible to himself alone and can and should see himself as independent of his society and government. ... What should people do? ... Many Athenians view Socrates as a man who pursues what is morally right. ...

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