1st Week quiz 2nd attempt Ethics & Moral Reasoning

Question 1 1 / 1 pts In Plato’s Republic, Glaukon playsthe role of devil’s advocate for Socrates. Which of the following is one of Socrates’s positions, as opposed to Glaukon’s? Justice is a social convention to benefit the weak. Correct! The possibility that one can get away with injustice doesn’t mean it’s good to do so. No one is willingly just. The best life is that of the unjust person who seems just. Question 2 1 / 1 pts Charlotte, a struggling single mother, sees a very wealthy man drop his wallet. Instead of informing him she keeps it and uses the money inside to buy some clothes and school supplies for her kids, but she feels guilty about doing that. How might an egoist of the sort Glaukon represents in his challenge explain her guilty feelings? Charlotte’s gu