Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which one of the following statements about Platonic justice is correct?
APlatonic justice is a legal concept
BPlatonic justice was the harmony of the soul and a perfectly functionally divided society ✓ Correct
CPlatonic justice meant being true in word and deed and paying one's debts to gods and men
DPlatonic justice consists in conformity to the laws laid down by the sovereign for his benefit
Correct answer: (B) Platonic justice was the harmony of the soul and a perfectly functionally divided society — The correct statement is that Platonic justice was the harmony of the soul and a functionally divided society.
Explanation
★The correct statement is that Platonic justice was the harmony of the soul and a functionally divided society.
★For Plato, justice is each part of the soul performing its proper role.
★It is mirrored in each class performing its function in the state.
★It is not merely a legal concept or paying debts.
★The view of justice as conformity to the sovereign's law is Hobbesian.
★The paying-debts view is a definition Plato examined and rejected.
★So the harmony-of-soul statement is correct.
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