According to whom justice consists in telling the truth and repaying one's debt?
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Answer:I think it is John Stuart Mill
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Cephalus, the son of Lysanias from Syracuse (a historic city on the island of Sicily, Italy) a wealthy metic (a foreign resident of Athens who did not have citizenship rights in their Greek city-state) and elderly arms manufacturer living in Athens who engages in dialogue with Socrates in Plato's Republic. He was the father of philosopher Polemarchus and Euthydemus, and orator Lysias.
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- Cephalus, a representative of the old trading class's traditional moral values, developed traditional justice theory. According to him,' 'justice consists in speaking the truth and paying one's debt'. Cephalus therefore recognizes justice with right actions.
- The first person to give a description of justice is Cephalus, a rich and valued elder. Cephalus is the Greek tradition's spokesperson. His concept of justice is an attempt to express the fundamental definition of Hesiod: justice means upholding and being truthful with your legal obligations
- Plato opposed the viewpoint advocated by Cephalus. Cephalus ' views have been criticized in the sense that this formulation may imply breach of the rule of law and that its formulation is not recognized as a sound universal principle of life.
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