Socrates's Beliefs on the Nature of Justice and Virtue
Instructions: Respond as directly as possible to the prompt below in no more than 400 words. This Writing Practice will be evaluated according to the following criteria: (i) following all assignment instructions, (ii) writing clearly (avoid stream-of-consciousness style prose, make use of structure and proper punctuation - see writing resource links in Week 2: Virtuous Life and Moral Knowledge module for helpful info on writing mini essays and structuring paragraphs), and (iii) demonstrating familiarity with the assigned readings.
(https://libguides(dot)newcastle(dot)edu(dot)au/writing-paragraphs/structure)
(http://englishexperience(dot)co(dot)za/sample-sections/hamlet/EE-Hamlet-Mini-Essay.pdf)
Prompt: Despite making what seems to be little to no progress in understanding, Socrates persists in debating the nature of virtue and justice with friends and acquaintances. Explain one reason Socrates might give for doing so. Support your answer with one brief (1-2 sentence) quote from The Republic. [400 word max]
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There had been a debate on whether justice is considered a virtue and wisdom or evil and folly. Socrates is one of the people who have persisted on debating on the topic. Therefore, the work covers the reasons why Socrates has insisted on continuing with the debate about the nature of justice and virtue with his acquaintances and friends as presented in the article ‘’The Republic.’’
The article explains that the most powerful people believe that justice is 'doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies.' However, Socrates believes that the true definition of justice lies on how someone answers the question of justice instead of just accepting what other individuals say to be just ("The Republic" N.d). In that sense, there are circumstances where a person will say that justice has been ...