Single Idea 2

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies]

Full Idea

One should never return an injustice nor harm another human being no matter what one suffers at their hands.

Gist of Idea

We should not even harm someone who harms us

Source

Socrates (reports of last days [c.399 BCE]), quoted by Plato - Crito 49c

Book Reference

Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.88


A Reaction

Jesus of Nazareth was not the first person to make this suggestion.

Related Ideas

Idea 9781 Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek]

Idea 1590 The just man does not harm his enemies, but benefits everyone [Plato]