Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice - Softcover

Stauffer, Devin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791447464 ISBN 13: 9780791447468

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2000

Synopsis

An in-depth investigation of the views of justice present in the opening sections of Plato's Republic.

Plato's Introduction to the Question of Justice uncovers the heart of the Platonic analysis of justice by focusing on the crucial opening sections of the Republic. Stauffer argues that the dialectical confrontations with ordinary opinion presented in these sections provide the basis for Plato's view of justice, and that they also help to show how Plato's thought remains relevant today, especially as a rival to Kantianism.

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About the Author

Devin Stauffer is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Hobbes’s Kingdom of Light: A Study of the Foundations of Modern Political Philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791447464
• ISBN 13: 9780791447468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152