Even though the current focus is on environmental sustainability, this has proved difficult to achieve due to interests and desires. There has not been moderation in the need to acquire wealth at the expense of environmental degradation. This has resulted to degradation of the environment which has resulted to climate change. Trees are city down to pave way for buildings. For instance, the contemporary society focuses on investing at the expense of the environment. Moderation has been threatened as a result of desires by mankind. One of the key lessons the contemporary society can adopt from the teachings in The Republic is moderation and self-control. This analogy resonates to the contemporary world and is a key element from The Republic. Justice is desirable based on its consequences. This is what Plato defines as an unjust society. People are no longer willing to engage and work together for the betterment of the society but are driven by individual desires. The insanity in the society has resulted to creating of a society antagonizes itself. The contemporary society has turned into a man eat man society where individualism is at its highest level. This may prove difficult for the folks in 2019 to adopt as part of contemporary life. A city that does not make use of money so that there is no rich or poverty is considered as a just society.

Socrates in book four provides an answer on what defines a just society.

The key ideas we can derive from Plato in the contemporary society is justice, self-control and moderation (Plato & Cornford, 2010). The city contains different classes all of which are driven by their desires for happiness.Ī person ruled by desires turns up to be unjust and lives an unhappy life. In defining the need for just than unjust, Plato develops an analogy of the city to individuals. The text also teaches us the value of self-control and moderation in asserting democracy (Plato & Cornford, 2010).

It is important to be just than unjust in order to avoid misery and live a happy life. Plato`s Republic emphasizes on the need for justice.

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