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What is temperance, courage, justice, wisdom?
The four cardinal virtues.
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What is 'the fear of someone else worse ruling'?
The motivation of Socrates' ruler to rule.
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What is 'to speak the truth and pay off debts'?
The first definition of justice in The Republic
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What is wealth and poverty?
The cause of the deterioration of the arts.
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What is music and gymnastics?
The two art forms that could corrupt the youth.
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What is normative ethics? What is deontological ethics?
Which branch of philosophy would answer the question, "Should students be required to have homework?"
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What is the art of payment?
The type of art that justice is.
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Who is Thrasymachus?
The philosopher that thinks injustice is better than justice.
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What is one consistent with unity?
The best size for the ideal state.
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What is the guardians?
Location of wisdom in the ideal state.
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What is everyone has opinions about how people should/should not act?
The reason that personal moral relativism is not very likely.
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What is money, honor, and the penalty of refusing?
The three ways rulers are paid.
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Who is Glaucon?
The primary interlocuter of Socrates throughout The Republic.
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What is the auxiliaries; persevering in fearing the right thing?
The location and definition of courage.
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What is all the classes; the harmony between those that are superior with those that are inferior.
Location/definition of temperance in the ideal state.
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What is applied ethics?
The branch of ethics that studies particular issues.
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What is 'the wise desire more of unlike only, whereas the ignorant desire more of like and unlike. The same goes for justice'?
The way Socrates proves it is more wise to be just than unjust.
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What is 1) not having to pay taxes 2) getting the better end of a contract 3) helping friends in public office?
List the 3 advantages of being unjust.
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What is reason, passion/spirit, appetite/desire.
Name the three parts of the soul.
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What is guardians, auxiliaries, traders.
Name the three classes of Plato's ideal state.
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What is 1) it could lead to scary conclusions (Nazi Germany, Antebellum America, etc.) 2) moral progress is impossible?
Both reasons that cultural moral relativism should be carefully considered.
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Who is Adeimantus?
Glaucon's brother.
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What is 1) In a time of peace, justice will be no use. 2) Justice is only useful when the thing being preserved is useless. 3) A just person could also be the best thief. 4) We can mistake friends for enemies. 5) Justice could mean harming people sometimes.
Identify 2 of the objections made to the 2nd definition of justice.
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Where is all the classes; what is each class doing their own jobs?
The location/definition of justice.
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What is a very minimal one? What is the citizens in the ideal state will be so good they won't need many concrete laws/legislation?
Describe the role of the legislators in Plato's ideal state. Explain why they have this role.
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