the republic
In Plato's The Republic, justice is depicted as a major part in a perfect society. Justice is said to breed a good society, whereas injustice will breed a bad one. Plato defines justice in dialogue as "keeping what is properly one's own and doing one's own job." (Pg. 146) Under the rules set for this perfect society, people are to practice the one profession at which they perform best. This profession also corresponds to a certain social class. Under no circumstances can one change this profession. Along with a set occupation, Plato has also determined that the perfect community would regulate what children (and the community) are taught, and to what the children will be exposed. In Plato's perfect society, regulating the stories, songs, poems, and actions told to children is meant to enforce the standard of how people should act, think, and believe. Plato states that his "first business is to supervise the production of storie
s, and choose only those we think suitable, and reject the rest." (Pg.72) This theory seems to have certain advantages. When a person is exposed to one uniform way to live, he or she will live that certain way because that is the only way he or she knows how. Suppose a person is exposed to certain injustices that others commit. Plato feels that this exposure will plant a sort of seed inside a person's head. Thus leading him or her to commit an injustice of the same kind, or simply increasing the chance that a person will commit a similar act. In conclusion, justice is one of a few pillars, which hold up Plato's suggested community. This society wants to create citizens which work hard, "mind their own business," are dedicated to the community instead of the individual, and are committed to justice. However, there may be a crack within this pillar that could collapse the whole structure. This weak spot is the curiosity of the public and mankind's tendenc
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