Topic > Essay on the Meaning of Justice by Plato - 1409

A person is not judged by one bad decision, but by a lifetime of choices they have made. A small bad decision made by someone is not what makes it unfair. The accumulation of these decisions is important. It is never too late to make a change in your life; everyone can challenge who they are by being just or unjust. Plato says that a tree is a tree before it is even perceived or seen in the world. I don't agree with this philosophy; the tree is not a tree until man declares it a tree. Plato may say that I was born to be unjust, but as long as I do not declare myself unjust through my actions, I will not be unjust. I can shape or transform myself into whoever I want to be and so can anyone else into theirs