Justice

The Republic takes on the issue of justice in the form of Socrates questioning other people's meaning of the term justice.  Using his usual methods, Socrates breaks down everyone's ideas of what is just.  The problem remains though because the group gets sidetracked and instead of answering what justice is they must debate if it is better to be just or unjust.  From the literature I decided that justice is doing what is good for moral gains like self-worth and integrity instead of doing bad and being unjust for greedy gains like power and money.  In the end they never settle on what justice is but, they give enough information for everyone to form their own opinions on what justice may or may not be and clearly outline that it is far more beneficial to be somewhat just then to be completely unjust.  Great read from start to finish.  You may not always know where Socrates is going with a question he presents to the others but, you always find his purpose by the end of his argument within the questioning.