Plato | The Ring of Gyges
In this excerpt from the dialogue The Republic, Glaucon and Socrates discuss the nature and origin of justice. Glaucon defends injustice, illustrating his argument with the legend of Gyges, to play devil's advocate and force Socrates to explain why people would voluntarily choose to be just.
-Glaucon wanted to argue against the view that justice is a(n) ___________ between doing injustice while not being punished and suffering injustice without the power of retaliation.
A) evil
B) extreme
C) exercise
D) mean

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Glaucon argues that justice is a mean between the extremes of doing injustice without punishment and suffering injustice without the ability to retaliate.

Plato | the Ring of Gyges