Plato and Thrasymachus: different philosophies on morality words" (Guthrie, 1969, p. Thrasymachus believed, like most sophists, that justice was an obstacle to an individual's true interests: wealth, power and pleasure. Thrasymachus expresses that justice is the interest and the advantage of might or “might makes right” (Plato, The Republic, 380 BC, pp. 338d-339a). Thrasymachus thought that conventional morality should be worn like clothing. to conceal the selfish and self-centered motivations behind it Justice is nothing other than a convention that serves the interests of legislators and if one wants justice, conquer power instead of appealing to one. absolute standard of morality is the way to go. It is here that Plato's theory and Thrasymachus' reluctance apparently reach a critical point..

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