Socrates and believes that it could possibly work.I find a few troubling issues that concern this myth. As a result of my frustrations dealing with this concept, I decided to visit the Dictionary.com web site. I researched the definitions of a few words that pertain to this idea of the noble lie. The first word I looked up is "lie". A lie is an untrue statement with intent to deceive; something misleading or deceiving. I find it very difficult to believe, but more importantly immoral-- that anyone would want the foundation of an entire city based upon a lie. If this myth is targeted towards increasing loyalty to the city; yes, it could very well increase the loyalty, but I have to question the fact that the people are only being loyal because of a myth. How strong is loyalty that is built upon a lie? How loyal will the citizens be when they find out that they weren't really created in the Earth and all that they have been told is untrue? Then I researched the word "noble." Noble means very good or excellent. I have a hard time understanding that something that is meant to deceive can be considered very good or excellent. According to the saying, "You are only as strong as your roots", civilization in this city, will never be strong. This civilization doesn't even know who or what their roots are. Since I am doing this assignment for an Ethics class, and I am supposed to be learning what is ethically correct and incorrect, I decided to research the word "ethical". Ethical means involving or expressing moral approval or disapproval. I don't think that founding a city on a lie is beneficial. The people are not able to have any love and respect for what or where they came from, why they believe what they believe, and why they are who they are. Socrates is supposed to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time. I totally agree with him that it is good to be just as discussed in Book I and II, but the noble lie is nowher...
