If you are unfamiliar with the story “The Ring of Gyges” from Plato’s Republic, its relevance to cybercrime is timely, certifying once again that the flaws of human nature transcend time and generation.
In the story, Glaucon and Socrates are discussing the concept of justice and why people do what is good rather than do what they would prefer to do, which is commit acts of injustice. To make his point, Glaucon recounts for Socrates the tale of Gyges, a shepherd, who happened upon a magic ring. When he turned the ring inward, Gyges became invisible. Twisting the collet outward, he reappeared.
Glaucon argues that if there were two rings, one to be worn by the just and one by the unjust man, “No man can be imagined to be of such an iron nature that he would stand fast in justice. No man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a God among men.” For the full article click here
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