Plato's introduction to the question of justice / Devin Stauffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stauffer, Devin, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Justice (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

vii, 144 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Summary:

Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice uncovers the heart of the Platonic analysis of justice by focusing on the crucial opening sections of the Republic. Stauffer argues that the dialectical confrontations with ordinary opinion presented in these sections provide the basis for Plato's view of justice, and that they also help to show how Plato's thought remains relevant today, especially as a rival to Kantianism.

Contents:

1. The Opening of the Question of Justice: Socrates' Exchanges with Cephalus and Polemarchus 19

Socrates' Objection to Cephalus' View of Justice 21

Polemarchus' Defense of His Inheritance and the Question of Owed and Fitting 26

Socrates' Three-Part Critique of Justice as Helping Friends and Harming Enemies 31

2. Thrasymachus and the Question of the Goodness of Justice 57

The Opening Exchange Between Thrasymachus and Socrates 58

Thrasymachus' Definition of Justice 62

Rulers in the Strict Sense 68

Thrasymachus' Attack on Justice: The Shepherd Speech and Its Aftermath 78

Socrates' Three-Argument Defense of Justice 98

3. Glaucon and Adeimantus and Justice as the Proper Order of the Soul 121

Glaucon's and Adeimantus' Speeches 123

Justice as the Proper Order of the Soul 128.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.

ISBN:

0791447456

0791447464

OCLC:

43296523