How Does Socrates An Unjust Form Of Government

One of the most provocative claims that Plato makes through the voice of Socrates in The Republic is that a democracy is an unjust form of government. This view is illustrated in the quote above. This quote can be found in Book VIII in the passage in which Socrates describes how a democracy comes to be. He is claiming that, although a democracy gives voice to the voiceless, this is not a just form of government because some people should not be given a voice in government. In modern society, this claim would equate to the idea that people from low socio-economic backgrounds should not be allowed to vote because they don’t understand the political system or climate. Socrates’ claim must be elucidated, but first, Socrates’ definition of a democracy
i) If the voice of the people determines justice, then a democratic society is just. C) A democracy is just.
I believe the citizens of a democracy demarcate justice. A just city must change and progress in with the desires of the people or else it will cease to function harmoniously and will no longer be just. The people comprise the city and are responsible for maintaining its inner peace, so they must be given a voice to create a just city. Socrates would disagree that justice can be defined by the people. Socrates believes that justice is innate. The people cannot determine justice; philosophers can only discover it. Socrates would argue: 1) Justice is unchanging. 2) If justice is unchanging, then it cannot be determined by society. C) Justice cannot be determined by society.
Socrates asserts that justice can be demarcated and set forth in the form of unchanging principles and unassailable values. Justice is not for uneducated citizens and lowly scientists to decide upon, for only the knowers of truth can conclude what the quality of being just incontrovertibly is. I disagree with Socrates’ first premise that justice is unchanging. Like the desires of the citizens, justice is subject to time and