Answer:
Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes.
Explanation:
Compared with Feldman's argument, the tale of "The Ring of Gyges" is best described as a counterclaim to the idea that most people are moral. The tale is about the corruption of a man, Gyges, that found a ring that made him invisible. One he had that power he saw no reason to follow society's morals and did whatever he wanted to. One could argue that the reason that many people have to "behave" or to act according to the law and morals of a society is the look of others. The judgment that one would encounter should he not follow a certain rule, even if they are "little" things.
As the story opens, Hattie Owen is in her home. Her parents have gone
out for the evening, but she isn't alone because the family operates a
boarding house and Mr. Penny and Miss Hagerty are both upstairs. Hattie
is watching home movies. She's pleased that her father trusted her to do
everything, from setting up the screen to feeding the reels of film
through the projector. She says that she turned twelve the previous
summer and that she will forever look at the summer as a turning point
in her life because of Adam. She says that she dates things as "before
Adam" or "after Adam".
As the movie begins to play, Hattie sees Angel Valentine, who was
also a boarder over the summer when Adam came. Angel is standing on the
front porch of the boarding house, waving toward
