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From: bb@lanl-a.UUCP
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Subject: Plato, A and B
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Date: Fri, 19-Aug-83 17:17:42 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 19 17:17:42 1983
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     Actually Alan, if B gave the sword to A he would be an accessory 
     to murder, which is unlikely to be in B's best interest.  The 
     Greek legal system may not have made such nice distinctions about
     guilt as we do, but it seems to me that Plato's parable's point
     was "Don't do anything which might make you feel very bad later,
     even if not doing it makes you feel bad now."  Not a very 
     enlightening moral, so perhaps you should tell us what Plato 
     really said in defense of B not giving the sword to A.

     b2    Bryan Bingham  ...ucbvax!lbl-csam!lanl-a!bb


     p.s.  The Greeks were very big on guilt, justice, and 
     punishment, so maybe Plato was just giving lawyer's advice.
     And if the Greek courts weren't interested the Furies would've
     been (remember Orestes?)