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You are so young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as judge of the highest matters. - Plato (427-347 B.C.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Greek philosophy continues to influence western thought about ethics and justice. The works of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle are sometimes used by law enforcement ethics instructors. Various interpretations of their works from the original Greek writings are available with some differences based on the translations into English. |
Plato Plato lived from 427 B.C to 347 B.C. One of his famous works was The Republic in which he described his beliefs about justice and happiness. Plato believed a philosophical comportment toward life would lead one to justice and happiness. (1) Regarding justice, and the importance of detecting and punishing the unjust, Plato said:
undetected only gets worse, whereas he who is detected and punished has the brutal part of his nature silenced and humanized; the gentler element in him is liberated, and his whole soul is perfected and ennobled by the acquirement of justice and temperance and wisdom, more than the body ever is by receiving gifts of beauty, strength and health, in proportion as the soul is more honourable than the body. (2)
spirited animal to the unruly monster, and, for the sake of money, of which he can never have enough, habituates him in the days of his youth to be trampled in the mire, and from being a lion to become a monkey? (3) References
Environment on the World-Wide Web, Retrieved April 27, 2003 from http://plato.evansville.edu/life.htm (2) Exploring Plato's Dialogues, (Jowett translation), A Virtual Learning Environment on the World Wide Web, Republic 38 (588b-592b) Retrieved April 27, 2003 from http://plato.evansville. edu/texts/jowett/republic38.htm (3) Exploring Plato's Dialogues, (Jowett translation), A Virtual Learning Environment on the World Wide Web, Republic 38 (588b-592b) Retrieved April 27, 2003 from http://plato.evansville. edu/texts/jowett/republic38.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Socrates Socrates lived from 469 B.C. to 399 B.C. He mentored and tutored Plato who later recorded Socrates ideas. Regarding preservation of good character, Socrates said:
of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. (1) About honor and pretension, Socrates said, The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. (2)
http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?Search=&Author=socrates&C=mgm&C=motivate& C=classic&C=coles&C=lindsly&C=poorc&C=net&C=devils&C=contrib&x=38&y=5 (2) Socrates, Rand Lindsly's' Quotations, The Quotations Page, Retrieved April 28, 2003 from http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?Search=&Author=socrates&C=classic&C=coles&C=lindsly &C=poorc&C=net&C=devils&C=contrib&page=2
Kardasz, F. (2008). Ethics training for law enforcement: Practices and trends. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag. ISBN: 3639001567. ISBN-13: 9783639001563. Available from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3639001567/ |
| THEORISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ETHICS TRAINING - PLATO, SOCRATES - |
Dr. Frank Kardasz P.O. Box 45048 Phoenix, AZ 85064 e-mail: kardasz@kardasz.org blog: www.kardasz.org/blog/ resume |
