Answer each of the questions below writing about 5-7 pages in total
Answer each of the questions below writing about 5-7 pages in total
Answer each of the questions below writing about 5-7 pages in total (double-spaced, 12pt font). Be as complete and concise as possible. In each of your three responses, simply answer the exact question (or questions) asked.
- What, according to the theory developed by Glaucon in Republic II, is justice? Why—and in what sense—is it good for a human being to be just, and bad for a human being to be unjust? [30 points]
- Analyze and explain Socrates’ case in Republic IV for the thesis that the embodied human soul [psych ̄e] is a plurality consisting of one part driven by reason [logos], another driven by spirit [thumos], and a third part driven by appetite [epithumia]. [33 points]
- What, according to the theory developed by Socrates in Republic II-IV, is justice? Why—and in what sense—is it good for a human being to be just, and bad for a human being to be unjust?
