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It was discussed in the context of a story about a shepherd finding a ring that grants invisibility and his subsequent actions. It was used to illustrate the potential for misuse of power.
I think back to the story about the Ring of Gaijes in Plato.
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It was discussed in the context of a story about a shepherd finding a ring that grants invisibility and his subsequent actions. It was used to illustrate the potential for misuse of power.
I think back to the story about the Ring of Gaijes in Plato.
In Plato's Republic, Glaucon, Plato's older brother tells a story about a shepherd named Gaijes. And Gaijes comes upon a ring, maybe finds it in a cave. I don't remember the circumstance. So anyway, Gaijes puts the ring on. It makes him invisible. This is like the Lord of the Rings. He seduces the Queen. He kills the King and he seizes the kingdom.
And the reason that Plato is telling us this story is the philosophical or moralistic idea that if we can act with impunity, without the threat of punishment, we will do all kinds of things for our own purposes that are not so noble.