Preface. 1 Introduction: The Style, Main Argument, and Basic Ideas of the Republic. 1 The Dialogue Style and the Characters. 2 The Main Argument and Plot of the Republic. 3 The Fundamental Ideas of the Republic. 2 Is Justice the Interest of the Rulers? Is It Good for Us? The Challenge of Thrasymachus. 1 Why does Thrasymachus Think that Justice is the Interest of the Rulers? 2 Socrates' Refutations of Thrasymachus Premises. 3 Is [the] Justice [of Thrasymachus] Good for Me? 4 Thrasymachus Unconvinced, Socrates Dissatisfied. What Has Gone Wrong? 3 Justice by Agreement. Is It Good Enough? The Challenge of Plato's Brothers. 1 What is Justice? Glaucons Theory of a Social Contract. 2 Glaucon and Thrasymachus on what Justice is: Results and Methods. 3 Why should I be Just? 4 What is a Just Society? Plato's own Social Ideal. 1 What is Justice? Socrates Divides the Question. 2 What is a Just Society? The Problem of Justice, and How Socrates Tries to Solve It. 3 The Functional Theory of Good and Virtue. 4 Plato's Definitions of Justice and the other Virtues of his Completely Good City. 5 Return to Plato's Methods for Discovering Justice. 5 Plato's Ideal of a Just and Good Person. 1 The Analogy between a Just City and a Just Soul. 2 Plato's Analysis of the Human Psyche. 3 Parts of the Human Psyche: Faculties or Agents? 4 Just, Temperate, Brave, and Wise Human Souls. 5 Plato's Ideal of Rationality. 6 The Virtues and Vices of the City-soul Analogy. 6 The Equality of Women: Plato's Blindfold. 1 The Blindfold of Justice. 2 Does Plato's Justice wear a Blindfold? 3 The Gender Blindfold of Platos Justice. 4 Was Plato an Advocate of Womens Rights? Was He a Feminist? 7 Knowledge and Governing Well: Opinions and Knowledge, Forms and the Good. 1 Ideals as Standards and their Approximations. 2 The Paradox of the Philosopher-king: Knowledge and Political Power. 3 Knowledge and Opinions. 4 Platonic Forms and Physical Particulars. 5 Plato's Theory of the Form of the Good. 6 Knowledge of Good. 7 How Elitist is Plato's Completely Good City? 8 Plato's Criticisms of Democracy and the Democratic Character. 1 Political Equalities and Economic Inequalities. 2 Platonic Knowledge and Democratic Ruling. 3 Plato's Criticisms of Democratic Freedoms. 4 Plato's Democratic Character: Freedom and Equality in the Human Psyche. 5 Plato's Criticisms of his Democratic Character. 9 Plato's Defense of his Social and Psychic Justice. 1 Is Plato's Social Justice Justice at all? 2 Is Plato's Political Justice Better for me than the Justice of Thrasymachus or the Justice of Plato's Brothers? 3 Is Plato's Political Justice Good for All the Citizens? 4 Plato's Defense of his Just Person: The Sachs Problem. 5 The Defense of Justice as the Health of the Soul. 6 The Defense of the Just Life as the Pleasantest. Bibliography. Index.
