ID: 107269629PHI 10505/17/20141)In the Republic, Thrasymachus and Socrates discuss the advantages of justice. The main question was: does justice simply benefit the strongest? While Thrasymachus defines justice as "the advantage of the strongest", Socrates finds flaws in his definition and weakens Thrasymachus' notion of strength. According to Thrasymachus, justice is: “the advantage of the established government, and correct reasoning will conclude that the just is the same everywhere, the advantage of the strongest”. According to Socrates, “…There is no type of knowledge that considers or commands the advantage of the stronger, but rather of that which is weaker and governed by it.” He undermines Thrasymachus' points by taking several analogies, the captain of a ship seeking the advantage of the sailors and in the case of medicine they seek the advantage of the body and not the practitioner. To explain his analogies Socrates states: “No other ruler in any kind of government, as a ruler, seeks what is to his own advantage…” However, according to him “He seeks only what is to his own advantage” subject, which is the proper object of his art...” Socrates defines Justice as “a virtue of the soul”. Justice according to him is when someone does good deeds and uses their work and knowledge to benefit from the influence of a common purpose in society. In contrast, injustice is when a person works alone to achieve their goal. According to Smith, the main concept that can keep society organized is competition. Because of politics…half of paper…the freedom of people to behave the way they perceive is good. Since it encourages the freedom of the individual, people will be able to develop their human faculties and just like Mills' opinion, it will be better in the long run. Aristotle and Mills' view on freedom is very similar. Mills believes that people should have the freedom to do what is good in their opinion if it does not harm others. "Actions are right to the extent that they tend to promote happiness, wrong to the extent that they tend to produce the opposite of happiness. By happiness we mean pleasure and the absence of pain..." Just like Mills, Aristotle thinks that actions People should be able to choose activities that will bring them happiness. However, their opinions are also different. Unlike Mills, Aristotle sees happiness not only as a feeling but to be happy people should also live their lives with virtue.