Category: Ring of Gyges

  • The Ring of Gyges: Justice is Always Self-Interested

    The Ring of Gyges: Justice is Always Self-Interested Glaucon and Adeimantus, both Platos brothers, were seeking to come to a conclusion on whether justice is better than injustice. The Republic book II begins with Glaucon arguing against Socrates position of justice. Glaucon argued that by nature humans are selfish and unjust, and that justice is…

  • Platos Ring of Gyges: Power and The Divided Self

    Platos Ring of Gyges: Power and The Divided Self Given the fantastic premise of this myth, we are able to construct a thought experiment to test out the virtue of the two types of human beings: just and unjust. Do they share something deeper in common, on the basis of their shared human nature? Glaucon…

  • The Ring of Gyges: Justice is Always Self-Interested

    The Ring of Gyges: Justice is Always Self-Interested Glaucon and Adeimantus, both Platos brothers, were seeking to come to a conclusion on whether justice is better than injustice. The Republic book II begins with Glaucon arguing against Socrates position of justice. Glaucon argued that by nature humans are selfish and unjust, and that justice is…

  • Platos Ring of Gyges: Power and The Divided Self

    Platos Ring of Gyges: Power and The Divided Self Given the fantastic premise of this myth, we are able to construct a thought experiment to test out the virtue of the two types of human beings: just and unjust. Do they share something deeper in common, on the basis of their shared human nature? Glaucon…