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Plato Ethics

Plato Ethics

Introduction to Ethics
Plato’s Gorgias
Analysis of Socrates Argument with Polus

Socrates Main Thesis:

If something is wanted (P) for oneself then one must think that it  (P) would be good for oneself. So, wanting something [P] (for oneself) requires one to think that [P] will be good (for oneself). Thus, it is a necessary condition for wanting something [P] for oneself, that [P] is good for oneself. Using this as his main thesis Socrates shows that tyrants do not have great power since they do not do what they want. In addition, they do what they want because they do not know what is good, and so they frequently do what is bad for themselves.

Socrates Main Premises and Conclusion

Polus: Tyrants and Orators have great power.
Socrates: Tyrants do not have great power since they do not do what they want. And they do what they want because they lack knowledge of their good, and so frequently do what is bad for themselves.

P1 = If one does something [ Z ] for the sake of some other end[ J ], then it is that end [ J ] one wants, and not [ Z ] the doing of an act itself.  Simply:

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