Table of Contents

Preface.- Introduction,- Chapter 1: Interpreting Plato Socratically,- Chapter 2: Defending The Socratic Interpretation of Plato’s Dialogues.- Chapter 3: In Defense of Socratic Studies.- Chapter 4: Socrates and Distributive Justice.- Chapter 5: Legal Obligation in Plato’s Crito.- Chapter 6: The Socratic Roots of Retributivism.- Chapter 7: Socrates and Compensatory Justice.- Conclusion.- Appendix I: Gerson on Cherniss On Aristotle On Plato.- Appendix II: The Concept of Art of Mimêsis in Plato’s Dialogues.- additional Bibliography.- Index.

About the Author

J. Angelo Corlett, PhD, serves as Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at San Diego State University. He is the author of more than 100 books and articles in philosophy and ethics, including the books: Analyzing Social Knowledge (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers: 1996); Responsibility and Punishment (Kluwer and Springer: 2001, 2003, 2009 and 2014); Terrorism: A Philosophical Analysis (Kluwer: 2003); Race, Racism, and Reparations (Cornell University Press: 2003); Interpreting Plato’s Dialogues (Parmenides: 2005); Race, Rights, and Justice (Springer: 2009); The Errors of Atheism (Continuum: 2010); Heirs of Oppression (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers: 2010). Many of his articles has been published in leading philosophy journals, including the American Philosophical Quarterly; Analysis; The Classical Quarterly; International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion; Journal of Social Philosophy;The Journal of Ethics: An International Philosophical Review; Journal of Medicine and Philosophy; Philosophy, among others. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Ethics: An International Philosophical Review (1995-present).