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Originally Posted by skada
Just consider for a moment that you are completely invisible .. cannot be traced .. detected in any way in society .. how will u behave ??
will you do all the things which society thought immoral like killing .. robbing etc or you will also do something useful ?
However selfish we may be . we do indeed do something good for other for totaly sake of doing it w/o reasons.
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Well, that's the same argument Glaucon makes. I believe that if you're keeping the appearance of being just or ethical for the sake of not being challenged or because you don't want the negative connotations of unjust/unethical people, then you aren't really being ethical for the right reasons. The whole concept of the Ring of Gyges argument isn't one of ethics, but of power being used to control others without their best interests in mind, and for your own advancement - therefor, a person who yields the Ring of Gyges and acts unethically is unethical to begin with.
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