Glaucon's statement about the different types of good brings me back to a discussion we had in Dr. Mashburn's philosophy class. Like Glaucon said, there are three types of good: the good in itself, the good in itself with benefits, and the good that is painful but has benefits. Most people tend to take part in the last type of good because they fear the consequences. In this, we see that justice stems from human weakness and vulnerability. Justice isn't something that we practice for our own sake, but it is something we engage in out of fear and weakness.
P.S. I commented on Collin's.
I'm right there with you. When I took Dr. Mashburn's Intro to Philosophy class, we covered this same thing and I remember it bothering me for a long time. I asked myself over and over what choices I would make if there were no consequences to my actions. I would love to believe I would be noble and always choose to do the right thing.... But would I?
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