Targeting Socrates' position regarding gender equality and Guardians' Offspring in book V and discussing why his views would not be applicable in our time In book V of Plato's Republic, I would like to emphasize on some of the claims that the character Socrates makes when talking about the differences amongst individuals, as well as the group differences between both sexes - males and females. He manages to defend his position that men and women should be equal quite persuasively and it does not seem as if there is something problematic about it. However, his way of seeing the Just City in some aspects is not only absurd to me, but also quite contradicting with the concept of ultimate justice. I do not agree that women and children should …show more content…
For example, some children "will be born in darkness" (Plato, 461), is what follows to happen given we are strictly enforcing the rules as suggested by Plato. However, if we take a closer look and try to delve into the core of the problem here, it would be easy to believe that this particular set of laws is more likely to push us forward into judging others and instead of building a community where everyone is given an equal chance, we are going to be pointing fingers at those who happen to have broken the rules in some way. Is that the correct approach? I can't help but think of modern society and the way most people see drug addicts. Instead of being open minded and supportive, trying to help people heal and getting their life together, we decide to be unaccepting and judgmental. We curse them out of society and make it hard for them to get jobs and become stable. While addiction doesn’t have a lot in common with the current topic, I think we could all agree that there is a similar pattern in our attitude towards the two instances It is not helping the overall situation, and, in fact it makes it worse. Moreover, it is impossible to agree with something of this sort within the boundaries of the Just