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220Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Form of the Good: Ethics Without Metaphysics?Philosophical Papers 18 (2): 137-160. 1989.
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12Methods of Reasoning About Justice in Plato's RepublicIn Gerasimos Xenophon Santas (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic, Blackwell. 2006.This chapter contains section titled: The Empirical Method of Thrasymachus The Contractarian Method of Glaucon The Functional Method of Plato The Significance of Methods.
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Goodness and Justice: Plato, Aristotle, and the ModernsPhilosophical Quarterly 53 (212): 451-453. 2003.
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46Colloquium 2 Plato on the Good of the City-state in the RepublicProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 30 (1): 41-62. 2015.This paper argues that in Plato’s utopia the good of the ideal city-state is not identical with the good of the citizens, but it is nevertheless not independent of the good of the citizens. And similarly with the happiness of the city-state and the happiness of the citizens in it, something that can be more clearly seen once the happiness of the city and the happiness of the individual are analyzed in terms of the goods appropriate to each. Plato’s principle of social justice distributes such go…Read more
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16Abraham I. Melden 1910-1991Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 66 (5). 1993.
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184The Blackwell Guide to Plato's "Republic" (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2006._The Blackwell Guide to Plato’s Republic_ consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato’s masterwork. This guide to Plato’s _Republic_ is designed to help readers understand this foundational work of the Western canon. Sheds new light on many central features and themes of the Republic. Covers the literary and philosophical style of the _Republic_; Plato’s theories of justice and knowledge…Read more
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