Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of d... — Plato

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Author: Plato

Insight: People condemn injustice mostly because they're terrified of being victims themselves, not out of genuine moral conviction. You see this in office drama—everyone suddenly cares about fairness only when they're the ones getting wronged. Real ethics requires imagining harm to others first, not just protecting your own skin.

Source: Republic, Book I

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People condemn injustice mostly because they're terrified of being victims themselves, not out of genuine moral conviction. You see this in office drama—everyone suddenly cares about fairness only when they're the ones getting wronged. Real ethics requires imagining harm to others first, not just protecting your own skin.

Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, born around 428 BC in Athens, Greece. He is known for founding the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's philosophical works, including "The Republic" and "The Symposium," continue to be highly influential in Western philosophy.

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of d... — Plato

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