Ring of Gyges Essays

profitable than living an unjust life. To accomplish this task in the method that will satisfy Glaucon, Socrates must prove that justice is desirable in of itself. In this essay, I criticize the fundamental failures of the thought experiment: the ring of Gyges, the unnecessary extremities that Galucon, with the aid of Adeimantus, pushes the contemplation of the question onto relations with the divine, and finally, I will outline the strategy employed by Socrates to answer Glaucon in terms of an analogy

The Myth of Gyges Ring is a very intriguing story, it leads to the soul of human nature and rather we are innately good or evil. I think that as individuals our environment and our belief in something greater or lack of belief in something greater would influence our answer to this question. I believe there are good people in this world and they would use this ring no matter how poor they were for the good of there cities, friends and neighbors. I also see where it could be a double edge sword and

Sarai Gonzalez Merrill Ethics Sept.19,2016 Plato’s Ring of Gyges I would have to say the point of Plato’s Ring of Gyges, in my opinion, is that we are the same in a logical reason. This story is to layout that a ring would corrupt a moral person and the reason why they are acting morally is that are scared of being caught. For reasons that will justify that to do injustice is good, and to suffer injustice is evil. We have done both, experienced both, and cannot avoid it even if we try. I have

If the opportunity arose, where no consequences were given for someone’s actions, do you think that individual will still commit an unfavorable action such as killing for his own personal need? In “The Ring of Gyges” the disposition of justice is called into question. As humans continue to live we must contemplate the true driving force for our morality. A discussion between Socrates and Glaucon is one main focal point into explaining the differences in how humans truly established their morality

What is the moral of Plato’s story of the Ring of Gyges? Is he correct in his basic assumption? The moral of Plato’s story is that when a person has the opportunity to be unjust they will be unjust. If there were no laws people would act in unjust ways and I would tend to agree with this train of thought. I think that if people could get away with things such as stealing items they desire they really would. Plato using the story of Gyges finding a ring that made him invisible and with this seduced

Almost everything in life can be seen to have a counterpart, an opposite. This tendency is universal, whether it be the stereotypical roles of good cop and bad cop or Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion. It also appears in literature, as many writers introduce topics or characters that contrast each other; they use juxtaposition. Charles Dickens is one of these many writers, as is seen in A Christmas Carol. The novella begins by introducing the protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge. He is an extremely

When it comes to justice, Polemarchus believes that justice is “…helping friends and harming enemies.”. Socrates questions this point of view because according to Polemarchus’ view point, only the people who are close to him and in his circle of friends would be worthy of any kind of Justice. Polemarchus is wrong in this viewpoint because if only the people that you know who are of your similar social status and you interact with on a day to day basis are considered friends, what of those that you

Aristotle, according to me, has a rather satisfactory counter-argument to Glaucon’s opinions in the Ring of Gyges Story. It is true that what is good for one might not be necessarily good for another and if doing something evil makes one feel good then that particular individual is essentially very immoral. An individual who is not as deep into immorality as this particular person would feel a level of guilt if they did something evil. Glaucon’s proposal that good people lack the good things evil

Will you call the cop on your best friend? In the story "That was Then, This is Now", Bryon called the cops on Mark, his best friend. This is how Bryon messed up and broke up his friendship with Mark. Some people will say Bryon had the right to call the cops on Mark but they were best friend. Bryon shouldn't have called the cops on Mark because they were best friends and they also could've talked it out; however, some may argue that Bryon’s decision was right because Mark was doing illegal things

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Why did Bryon turn in Mark for dealing drugs, Mark was Bryon's childhood friend and almost like a brother to him. Mark even told Byron he was going to stop selling drugs if he wanted him to. Bryon shouldn't have turned in Mark for dealing drugs but instead he should have given Mark one more chance. Byron should have given Mark another chance because Mark was a lifelong friend of Bryon and Mark also said he would stop selling drugs. Mark told Bryon that he was going to stop selling drugs if he wanted

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