Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and InformationPlato's Ethics and Politics in The Republic (SEP), sec. 1.1 The Nature of the QuestionQuote, Plato's Ethics and Politics in The Republic (SEP), sec. 1.1 The Nature of the Question
The brothers pick up where Thrasymachus left off, providing reasons why most people think that justice is not intrinsically valuable but worth respecting only if one is not strong enough (or invisible enough) to get away with injustice.
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