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Plato was one of the first to develop the concept of a political utopia. In The Republic, he attempts to define justice by using the character of Socrates in a debate. Plato then continues to outline the guidelines for a just society. Plato's utopia appears, at first, to be an excellent idea. However, after further examination, his perfect society is less than ideal. Several flaws are obvious when considering Plato’s vision from a contemporary perspective. In addition, in The Politics Aristotle critiques Plato’s ideal city and offers his own model for society. Plato tries to define justice by implementing the Socratic method of oral teaching through dialogue. He uses Socrates as the protagonist who poses the question: What is justice? Socrates then proceeds to eliminate his opponents by attacking the weaknesses and exposing the limitations of their arguments. By refuting the flawed logic of his opponents, Socrates shows what is not justice. Plato assigns characters to Socrates’ dialogue partners who argue differing opinions. The first is Cephalus, who states that justice is to return what you have taken. The main critique of Cephalus’ argument is that his proposal is instrumental not intrinsic. The next chall