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A 3 page examination of why people act in a just manner. The author explores the views of Glaucon,
Adeimantus, and Socrates. No additional sources are listed.
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contend that people act justly because they are afraid to do otherwise. The possibility of negative consequences keeps them on the right path. Others contend that people act
justly because they want to reap the positive consequences of their actions. Neither of these views, however, necessarily regards the value of justness itself as reason to act in
a particular way. They each, in fact, contend that justness is pursued for the purpose of self gain, whether that self gain is pleasing others by ones actions or
deterring others from behaving negatively towards you because they have discovered your wayward ways. Platos "Republic" provides a particularly interesting debate on this matter.
In "The Republic" Plato elucidated his belief that all human actions have a metaphysical basis. He believed the human soul to be central to this
basis. He recognized, however, that even the soul has two components, the components of reason and desire. To him reason comprised the higher part of the soul and
it must rule over the lower part comprised by desire if the "rule of the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its
very nature, assured the manifestation of orderliness and moderation rather than the less appropriate desires which could gain prominence in the absence of the constraint of reason. In effect,
to Plato, the optimum development of the human being is directly tied to the interplay between reason and desire, an interplay which although it occurred in the soul, was viewed
as being directly related to societal structure. In Book II of "The Republic" Socrates discusses with his friend Glaucon what it
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