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justice is the intrest of the strong
-Justice is what ever the people want it to be |
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| The example of the shepherd and the sheep. What does Socrates argue and what does Thrasymacs argue |
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-Socrates argues that the shepherd looks out for the best interest of the sheep
-Thrasymhus says that the shephered acts in his own intrest and the sheep are used instrumentaly to serve the shepherds ends. |
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| In the Sheep and Shephrd example, what does thrasymachus's argument show |
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| Political obligation to obey the law. |
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| Socrates's view on how a ruler rules |
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| Sometimes rulers will act in ways that are not in their own intrest, thus they are not just in the eyes of thrasymachus. |
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-argument against direct democracy
-there must be a ruler to guide the ship in the right direction.
-Plato says that a ruler should be elite (No Joe the Plumer) |
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Plato (Publius) T Or F
-Power in the hands of someone is never dangerous |
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False
-Power in the hands of someone is dangerous. |
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Plato (Publius) T or F
-Plato was not a fan of DIRECT Democracy |
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True
-Direct democracy leads to the tyanny of the majority. The majority is not always right. |
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