Which is more in your self-interest – suffering injustice, or committing it?
suffering
committing
Well then, which is more admirable – suffering injustice, or committing it?
suffering
committing
If something is admirable, isn’t it good?
yes
no
Which is more admirable, knowledge or ignorance?
knowledge
ignorance
If something is good, isn’t it beneficial to have it?
yes
no
Do knowledgeable people measure their success by how well they live up to an objective standard of correctness, or by how far they outdo other people?
objective standard of correctness
outdoing other people
So you say that suffering injustice is more admirable, and therefore more beneficial to have, than committing it! So let me ask you again: which is more in your self-interest – suffering injustice, or committing it?
suffering
committing
And don’t just people, too, measure their success by how well they live up to an objective standard of correctness, rather than by how far they outdo other people, as the unjust do?
yes
no
So just people turn out to be similar not to the ignorant, but to the knowledgeable, whom you’ve admitted to be more admirable! So let me ask again: who are more admirable, those who suffer injustice or those who commit it?
those who suffer injustice
those who commit injustice
By the dog – you have outwitted me, you amazing person! I am defeated. Pass me the hemlock.
I couldn’t agree more. Let’s go have a beer.