Plato's Republic focuses on a simple question: is it always better to be just than unjust? La Repubblica also supports reflection on political issues. Not that ethics and politics exhaust the concerns of the Republic. In the Republic Plato compares the nature of the human individual to the members of a state. Think that we are complex individuals, with more than one part in our soul. These parts can cooperate or simply be harmful to each other. Likewise in the state there are different classes of people with strengths and interests in different fields. These classes may be in conflict and the state in an unhealthy state of disagreement, or they may cooperate for the common good. If they collaborate with each other, it benefits the entire society. Plato is serious in his suggestions about human personality. No one doubts that we would probably be happy if we didn't second-guess ourselves or sometimes go against our better judgment and make bad decisions. Plato also argues that our life is better and better when we realize how far we can take our mind and benefit from it. Unfortunately, this only happens in a person who has a well-organized life and is very confident in himself. Like other ancient philosophers, Plato maintains a virtue-based conception of ethics. Someone's self-worth is tied to their morals, and their morals come from what they place value in. If Plato's conception of happiness is elusive and his support for a morality of happiness seems depressing, there are reasons for this. His conception of happiness differs greatly from that of most people. In Plato's early work, his approach is largely negative: “Socratic questions seem designed to undermine traditional values rather than… middle of paper… even if Plato believes he is creating a just society, he is not create a free one. Without freedom of any kind, it is certain that at least several people will develop a rebellious nature and rebel. A major flaw in Plato's republic is the absence of plans to support a revolution from the people. I do not believe that Plato created a just state with his method of three distinct social classes. The efforts that society's guardians have to go through to achieve the ideal end are drastically immoral. Plato's plan to rigorously manipulate children's education and development, as well as his plan to hold festivals as a means of reproduction, are unethical and unlikely to succeed. By eliminating the free will of people in a society, citizens become nothing more than puppets carried away by the desires of the ruler. I believe that Plato's republic is deeply flawed and would certainly fail.
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