Justice v. Injustice

"In the matter of just and unjust,

fair and foul, good and evil, which are the subjects of our present

consultation, ought we to follow the opinion of the many and to fear

them; or the opinion of the one man who has understanding, and whom

we ought to fear and reverence more than all the rest of the world:

and whom deserting we shall destroy and injure that principle in us

which may be assumed to be improved by justice and deteriorated by

 

 

  injustice; is there not such a principle?"

 

               This quote from Plato's Crito- a long-drawn out, over exaggerated question- can be broken down to a much more simple inquiry; if we follow the opinion of the majority but ignore the opinion of the minority, even if the minority is right, do we lose our sense of justice? I believe that the answer to this question is yes. How is it possible to keep your sense of justice if you ignore what you feel is right? I think that after a while of ignoring the truth, and accepting the majority opinion, that you start to believe that the majority opinion is truth. I think that you lose yourself when you lose your sense of what is right. So lies become truth, and truth becomes lies. Injustice takes the place of true justice, and justice turns to the ashes of a long forgotten concept.

 

p.s. I commented on Rebekah Dye’s blog “Euthyphro and Socrates battle it out!”