Thursday 31 January 2019

The Ring of Gyges and Deterrence

The Ring of Gyges is an ancient Greek thought experiment. In simple terms: The Ring of Gyges… is a mythicalmagical artifact mentioned by the philosopher Plato in Book 2 of his Republic (2:359a–2:360d).[1] It grants its owner the power to become invisible at will. Through the story of the ring, Republic considers whether an intelligent person would be just if they did not have to fear any bad reputation […]

from
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2019/01/31/the-ring-of-gyges-and-deterrence/

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