Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Republic Assingment 3/20

In your opinion, how can acting “right” (i.e. justly) help or harm the achievement of happiness? In your answer you need to first establish, in true Socratic fashion, what you mean by "right" (justice) and what you mean by happiness. What do you think Socrates would say about what you wrote and/or what do you think Thrasymachus would say?

In my opinion I believe that acting “right” can sometimes harm your achievement of happiness because maybe sometimes you won’t like doing the right thing so you won’t be happy. For example doing chores. If you do them you are doing the right thing but you may not like doing them. It could also help out happiness though if you think of it through the way of honesty. For example, if you find a $20 bill on the ground and you return it to the person and they in return say “you can keep it, thanks for your honesty” that would be better than finding it and keeping it because you will feel guilty and feel bad about your actions. I do not know what Socrates Thrasymachus would say in return though.

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