Question

The Sophists answered the question "Why should we be morally virtuous? "by claiming that ______.

• A. the weak value justice only because it restrains the strong.
• B. the strong value justice only because it restrains the weak.
• C. the weak value justice only because it restrains the weak.
• D. the strong value justice only because it restrains the strong.

Answer 1

The correct option is A the weak value justice only because it restrains the strong.

A sophist was a specific kind of teacher in ancient Greece, in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Many sophists specialized in using the tools of philosophy and rhetoric, though other sophists taught subjects such as music, athletics, and mathematics. The Sophists answered the question Why should we be morally virtuous? by claiming that the weak value justice only because it restrains the strong.