Berto JosephPHIL 223/399Professor Cocoves5/14/14Haiti under TyrannyIn the first book of the Republic, Plato, Socrates, Thrasymachus, and a few others argue about the nature of justice. People like Thrasymachus say that justice is the advantage of the strongest, whereas it does not benefit ordinary people, but individuals with rank in society. Plato sees society as a flawed system because; society will never be truly just, due to humanity's flaws. Throughout history man has demonstrated that, once power is given, corruption can arise and cause the decline of regimes, as Plato says. He believed that there were 5 types of regimes or types of government: Aristocracy (Republic), Timocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy and Tyranny. Tyranny is something a country called Haiti suffers from and if Plato were alive today he would not agree with their government. The main question in the republic is: is it better to be just or unjust. According to Plato, the definition of justice is contributing to the virtue of the entire state. Plato supports the definition of justice as doing one's part in society. For justice to remain in the State, everyone must do their own job and not interfere with others. According to La Repubblica there are three parts of the soul. The three are the rational, lively and appetitive part which are classified according to human desires. The rational part of the soul is wise and seeks truth and is conscious, the lively part of the soul seeks honor (overcoming great challenges) and is good-humored, and finally an appetitive part of the soul that desires various pleasures such as money (Plato 437c-443a). These three parts of the soul mentioned resemble or reflect the classes of Socrates' just city. The Guardians, being r... middle of the card... it's best that rulers, soldiers and workers all have to play their roles in society. On January 12, 2010, a terrible earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit the southern half of Haiti. As many as 217,000 people died, millions lost their homes. Reconstruction and aid in Haiti are still ongoing.[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tyranny[2] http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/misctopic/leftover/headstate.htm[3] http://www.csmonitor .com/World/Americas/2011/0120/5-reasons-why-Haiti-s-Jean-Claude-Duvalier-is-infamous[4] http://universes-in-universe.org/esp/specials/2010 /vodou/history[5} http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-26-1-plato-and-aristotle-on-tyranny-and-the-rule -of-law.html-Amnesty International. Haiti. New York: Amnesty International USA, 1992.-Shorey, Paul. "Republic." Plato: Collected Dialogues .