>>>>Socrates argues that justice is good in
itself. That is, that it's not good because
of its consequences but it's good somehow
intrinsically. And in this way of thinking
about morality motivation is more important
than results. The harmony of the soul is more
important than the consequences that it brings.
And so think about the nature of this way
of reasoning about moral justice. So imagine
two scenarios: One of which, a person is driving
down a road and swerves because they see a
cute little bunny hopping across the road.
And they swerve because they want to run over
the bunny. They're just a cruel person, but
unknowingly when they swerve to hit the bunny,
they avoid running over a little child who's
riding their bike down the street. Now imagine
scenario two, in which a person is driving
down a street and there's little bunny. And
this person, being a good person, swerves
to miss the bunny. But unknowing to themselves,
there's a child riding a bike down the street
and when they swerve to miss the bunny, they
plow their car into the little child riding
the bike. Which of these drivers is more just?
