Socrates Nature Of Evil

Socrates’ take on justice was a rather controversial viewpoint for his era, in that he opined about virtues men should possess and strive for that they might otherwise have no desire to obtain. A just man strives to promote justice for the sake of justice in itself. He, as one who is good, seeks to further justice because it fulfills his daimon, or nature. The nature of man is therefore, naturally, to do the right and proper thing. Good, as the nature of man, is what man desires, needs, and yet also lacks. This can be attributed to a lack of knowledge, because only one who is ignorant can commit evil. A man with knowledge would never willingly commit evil, because it would hurt both those around him and his own soul. Therefore, to Socrates, knowledge, as a pathway to good, it is good. An ignorant man is also prone to vice. Because he does not know any better about his actions and the effect they may have on himself and others around him, an ignorant man will continue to do evil. Concordantly, a knowledgeable man is a courageous man who rejects vice and does the right and proper thing, even if it may be a more difficult choice. This requires quite a bit of temperance, but a knowledgeable man knows that by forgoing vice, he is in fact keeping
The very meaning of the word utopia proves this to be the case. However, we can and have taken Socratic approaches to our own societies that are still existent today. Division of labor, as we can note, is very real. Each individual in our society specializes in work that allows him or her to then trade the output for other goods in a mutually beneficial relationship with the rest of society. Taxpayers provide for our soldiers, thereby allowing our warriors to, at least in theory, focus on protecting the public. And on paper, our elected officials are learned men whose role it is to guide society in a manner that is in everyone’s interest, even if it is not in their own personal