James Aitchison

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Glaucon himself was not a Glauconian; he was Plato’s brother, and in The Republic he wants Socrates to succeed. But he formulated the argument so clearly—that people freed from all reputational consequences tend to behave abominably—that I use him as a spokesman for this view, which I believe is correct.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
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