The Psychology of Justice in Plato

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In the Republic of Plato, Plato considers the question "What is justice?" Plato's goal is to prove that justice (or "virtue") is worthy of itself. To prove his theory, Plato mainly deals with social political justice, then he develops personal justice. Socrates was a Plato teacher; hence Plato used Socrates as a republican philosopher. Some of the ideas mentioned in the book may have been proposed by Socrates, and some are the result of Plato's idea.

His concept of justice in the Republic of Plato is an abstract concept and Socrates is trying to create it with a midwife. In fact, the argument about Plato's justice begins with an appearance, but his main purpose is to examine all internal structures of the human soul, then examine social classes and reveal the essence of justice. In contrast, for Rawls, the social reality and the economic and social situation of the present society are more important. Rawls' justice view is not as psychological as Plato. Two books, "Theory of Justice" and "Justice is Justice", he studied the legitimacy of socio-economic and social reality.

Justice is always an important issue in the history of philosophy. The concept of justice in Greece is the virtue of the soul and action. For Plato and Aristotle, justice means goodness and willingness to comply with the law. It means correspondence between rights and obligations. Justice is ideal for interpersonal relationships. For Plato, "Justice is one of the best virtues (Bhandari, 2002) Justice for Greeks is motivating people in the proper implementation of their duties.