(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. ... According to Plato, one who does not obey the laws are said to do harm to others. ... Plato was in no way opposed of the laws. ... Plato believes that it is better to die than to live with a ruined soul. ... In conclusion, Plato's arguments are very weak and narrow. ...

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Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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Maxim Ethics: Plato's Rules to Obtain the Good Life Plato describes ethical maxims through stories, parables, and examples in the Republic. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ...

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Plato talks about living in an underground den, chained against the walls, couldn't do anything about it. ... Like Plato, Martin Luther King talks about using your knowledge as good or evil. ... Plato and King believed people were born with the true knowledge of forms/ideas. ... Both Plato and King thought that you should know yourself first before trying to get know someone else. Plato and Dr. ...

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One view sees justice as no more or less than what the current authority says it is. There are no universal principles by which justice or injustice can be defined other than the way in which the government has made its laws. Thus, in different societies and under different authorities, justice ...

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Are we free? What determines how we live and who chooses to decide the outcome of our lives? If we believe in fate, then things happen because they are meant to happen, it's all part of a big plan. Thus, how free are we to decide our fate? If we believe in "free will" then we are in charge of our d...

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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. ...

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In Plato's Republic this very question is put forth as contentious. Plato disputes this question by using a method dialectic - the asking and answering of questions which lead the listener from one point to another, supposedly with irrefutable logic by obtaining agreement to each point before going onto the next, and so building an argument. ...

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Before the courts made their decision on his execution they gave him the decision of banishment or death. " You made a noble show of indifference if you had to die, and in fact preferred death, as you said to banishment- (Plato 851). ... " It is never right to do wrong or return a wrong or defend one's self against injury or retaliation-(Plato 848). ...

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In order to determine the functions or role of the law in society and business the word should be defined. Miriam-Webster's Dictionary gives the following definitions: "1 a: rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the supreme governing authority (as the legislature) of a community or e...

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Plato believed in Classical Conservation, that justice in our society has a "natural order" of things and in his book, The Republic, he goes into detail about how just like human organs, society has a harmony where all individuals play a key role and perform to their abilities. ...

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Plato said that morality stems from Natural Law - this existed in prehistoric times and included unspoken agreements such as "I won't kill you, and you won't kill me," or "I'll help you, and you'll help me" and these concepts have evolved, as humans have. ...

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According to Plato's Crito, "Whatever the popular view is, and whether the alternative is pleasanter than the present one or even harder to bear, the fact remains that to do wrong is in every sense bad and dishonorable for the person who does it"(911). ...

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Webster's Dictionary defines justice as the quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. Thrasymachus's views justice as an advantage of the stronger. The example he gives I that the government makes up laws to help itself and declares just for their people. This proves Thrasymuchus's point in that justice benefits other people while injustice benefits you....

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