term paper – justice a third way ?

In Republic, Socrates and Thrasymachus represent two opposed views of justice: a transcendent Ideal (eidosobjective, ahistorical, independent of all context) versus “nothing other than the advantage of the stronger” (totally situated in relations of power). Must we choose between these options, or is there a third possibility?

Putting Republic into conversation with one of the followingApology-Crito, Antigone, or The Peloponnesian Warconsider whether your chosen text offers an alternative conception of justice: one that is neither transcendent nor reducible to power, but constituted through political relationships and practice. If you find such a third way, articulate what it is and how it differs from both Thrasymachus and Socrates. If you conclude that the options in Republic exhaust the possibilities, explain why the apparent alternative in your chosen text ultimately collapses into one of those positions.