Compare And Contrast Plato And Don Tsarnaev Death Penalty

After reading “Plato Republic” in relation to “Don’t give Tsarnaev death penalty”, it makes sense to believe that everybody has their own sense of what justice really is. The Republic and “Don’t give Tsarnaev death penalty”, both talk about how justice needs to be within a nation because without it society will go into chaos. Both Socrates and “Don’t give Tsarnaev death penalty” argue that justice needs to be in a society because without it then a society will not function and people will turn against each other and the government. Socrates argues against injustice and explains that “Its power is such that whenever it comes to exist in something-whether in a city, a family, an army, or anything else whatsoever-it makes that thing, first of

While many people consider the death penalty as a form of justice because it kills a person involved with the death of others but it actually is a form of injustice because it involves the creation of more death. Both “The Republic” and “Don’t give Tsarnaev death penalty" share the idea that injustice does not create peace within us but rather creates torture and guilt. One thing that can either help us be in peace or take us down is our soul. One thing that our soul requires is the belief that justice has prevailed. One thing that many people believe is that a “just man with a just soul will live well and an unjust one badly” (Reeve 34). Even though many people believe that justice is carried out when someone who has hurt many people is killed, the fact is that it is creating even more injustice because it involves taking another life. The truth is that the death penalty is not a form of justice but rather a form of revenge (Don’t give Tsarnaev death penalty). The fact is that the right form of justice is when people who have committed the crime are put in jail and are prevented from killing anyone ever again. The problem is that many people believe that sometimes the criminal is let off easy by being allowed to live but really it is the one thing keeping us from becoming criminals ourselves. If we start to kill everybody that was involved in the death of others then we