Reading Journal 2

In Republic by Plato, Glaucon makes a good point when he says, “This, some would say is strong evidence that no one is just willingly, but only when compelled” (360c). Before Jesus enters a person’s heart, the person’s sin nature rules over him, and he is only just because of the benefits he reaps and because he does not want to face the consequences of his own actions. Therefore, if someone does not follow Christ, he only serves his own interests and he would not be just. Although a person may not be just willingly, a truly just person would not behave in the same manner in which an unjust person would. Glaucon states, “No one believes justice to be a good thing when it is kept private, since whenever either person thinks he can do injustice with impunity, he does it” (360c). A person considered just is not really just if he responds to a situation in the same way an unjust person would.