Throughout Book 1 of the Republic, Socrates sets out to answer two questions: (1) What is justice? and why should we be fair? Book 1 seems to be a broad topic where ultimately no progress is made. At the beginning of the first book, Socrates is returning from a religious festival where they are convinced they are going to a friend's house. At this point we start talking about old age until the discussion shifts to that of justice. Cefalo is the first to give a definition of justice which means respecting one's legal obligations and being honest. At first I thought this definition was somewhat accurate because if everyone did their legal obligations everything would be fine. Socrates refutes this definition using the example of a madman. Basically, what if you owed a madman a gun, but he owning it is unfair and causes harm to others. At this point it would almost be better to be dishonest. I found myself changing my opinion on this definition after Socrates gave this example. His definition was that you must help friends and harm enemies. I personally found this definition to be inaccurate because even if someone is your friend or your enemy, you should not harm them. Socrates then says the same thing. How can you be considered righteous if you cause harm to someone? Socrates also says that sometimes we are not always friends with “good” individuals; therefore we would do good to “bad” people and harm to “good” people. I thought what Socrates says here is very thought-provoking. This is something I hadn't initially thought about when reading this definition. When I think about it, I'm very sure I have some friends who are completely not