In pursuing the issue of why we should be virtuous, Plato believes that we should compare the lives of ______

A. virtuous person with a reputation for goodness and an evil person with a reputation for vice
B. a virtuous person with a reputation for vice and an evil person with a reputation for virtue
C. a virtuous person who was raised by virtuous parents in a good republic and a virtuous person who was raised by evil parents in an evil republic
D. an evil person who was raised by evil parents in a good republic and a virtuous person who was raised by good parents in an evil republic


Answer: B

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