Plato and the Ring of Gyges Story (Seminar 2024 Readings 1)

In the Republic, Book II, Glaucon challenges Socrates with a story of what a man would do if he could get away with anything with no penalty. The perfectly unjust man who has a reputation for being wonderful and the perfectly just man who has a reputation for being a monster are compared to push Socrates to prove that justice is the right choice no matter what.
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The critical theory element here is how the social circle or system perceives the just/unjust individual versus intrinsic justice/injustice, that is, how the individual perceives themselves, and then the dynamics of both the outside and inside instantiations of justice. This gives me a lot to ponder as an armchair philosopher. Thank you, Dr. Laurie Johnson!

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