Answer each of the questions below writing about 5-7 pages in total (double-spaced, 12pt font).
Answer each of the questions below writing about 5-7 pages in total (double-spaced, 12pt font). Be as complete and concise as possible. Do not preface your answers with superfluous introductory remarks: in each of your responses, simply answer the exact questions asked. (No intro or conclusion, simply answer the question.)
Work through the philosopher’s ideas, don’t summarize.
1. What, according to the theory developed by Glaucon in Republic II, is justice? Why—and in what sense—is it good for a human being to be just, and bad for a human being to be unjust?
2. Analyze and explain Socrates’ case in Republic IV for the thesis that the embodied human soul [psyche] is a plurality consisting of one part driven by reason [logos], another driven by spirit [thumos], and a third part driven by appetite [epithumia].
3. What, according to the theory developed by Socrates in Republic II-IV, is justice? Why—and in what sense—is it good for a human being to be just, and bad for a human being to be unjust?
