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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.20,0:00:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if you could do whatever you want...and\Nget away with it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.93,0:00:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose, for example, you could steal from\Nyour best friend…and not only would he never
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.34,0:00:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find out it was you…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.29,0:00:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would also think you’re the best friend\Never for letting him cry on your shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.24,0:00:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a sap!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.54,0:00:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, you’re living it up with what\Nyou stole, and have a devoted tool — er,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.25,0:00:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friend — to boot!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.08,0:00:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe it or not, Plato talks about you in\NBook II of his Republic! Well, he talks about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.02,0:00:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people like you, if you’re the sort of person\Nwilling to do whatever it takes to get ahead…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if you can do it without ever getting\Ncaught.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.65,0:01:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plato tells us a story — a myth, really\N— of a lowly shepherd who discovers a mysterious
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.29,0:01:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chasm. And inside of it was a magic ring.\NWhen he turned the ring so that the setting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.93,0:01:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faced his palm, he became invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.93,0:01:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That night, as he sat with other shepherds\Naround the fire, he started turning the ring,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.96,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and noticed that others, thinking he’d left\Nhis place, started talking about him. In actual
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.24,0:01:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fact, he was invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.28,0:01:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasted no time seducing the queen and,\Nwith her help, murdering the king and seizing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.11,0:01:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,power. Even though he committed a grave injustice,\Nhe certainly benefitted, didn’t he!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.19,0:01:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, according to Plato, no. Despite now\Nbeing infinitely richer and more powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plato thinks the shepherd has NOT benefited\Nfrom committing this injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.36,0:01:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why? Surely it’s good to gain some material\Nwealth or social status. Does it really matter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.83,0:02:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HOW it’s achieved?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.87,0:02:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Plato doesn’t think that injustice really\Nis in one’s best interest. In fact, just
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.62,0:02:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opposite!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.14,0:02:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, according to Plato, justice is inherently\Nvaluable. The just person will always be infinitely
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.01,0:02:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happier — and thus richer — than the unjust\Nperson.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.40,0:02:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For Plato does not think that goodness is\Nderived from material or social gain. Thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.49,0:02:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is, is what the shepherd got wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.82,0:02:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice in the individual is the condition\Nof a harmonious soul governed by reason. You
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.01,0:02:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see, Plato thinks the soul has three parts:\Nthe appetitive part that reflects our urges;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.99,0:02:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spirited part that reflects our emotions;\Nand the rational part that reflects our best
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.19,0:02:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.57,0:02:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why the just individual will never\Ncommit injustices, whether s/he can get away
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.26,0:02:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.09,0:03:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, the just individual knows\Nthat committing unjust acts messes with his
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.06,0:03:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soul, and so also his happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.31,0:03:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, dear Viewer, if you found a ring that\Ncould make you invisible, what would you do…?