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This 3 page paper examines different conceptions of justice by looking at Plato and the Socratic method and comparing that to John Stuart Mill's utilitarianism. How justice is relevant in society is the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Others claim that justice relies on particular models in society. A judge for example must hear a case and go by the criteria that justice is blind. Impartiality is key
here. What is justice? How do various philosophers see it? It is Platos contention that justice can be accomplished if one first knows the truth. Interestingly, todays justice system does
not rely on truth, but on law. In other words, there are loopholes and even if everyone knows a defendant is guilty, significant evidence may be thrown out if obtained
unfairly. This is supposed to be fair, but the truth never comes out in court when this happens. There are many remedies and cases are overturned, but at the same
time, many innocent people have been put to death based on jury error. Within such a system of judgment, the truth is supposed to come out. But again, is the
truth ever known? The Socratic method is important to this end as Plato draws on his ideas in order to discern the truth. The real question is, does the
method really produce the truth? The essence of this method is a process that usually begins with Socrates asking a question such as "what is justice?" and after a definition
is provided, Socrates gets the interlocutor to make a statement that would obviously contradict the first answer (Dunkle, 1986). The interlocutor then changes the original definition, which is actually closer
to the truth, but is shown by Socrates to be faulty (Dunkle, 1986). This process is repeated until an acceptable definition is reached or it is thought that it is
not profitable to continue (Dunkle, 1986). This technique that he used was to point out ignorance (Dunkle, 1986). At the same time, one has to wonder whether the Socratic method
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