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As with Plato, Aristotle believed it is better to suffer injustice than to cause it.  

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As with Plato, Aristotle believed it is better to suffer injustice than to cause it. His education and own formation of ideas on the ethics of justice and its practice, gives reason to why he supported this honorable ideal. The intentions of grace and benevolence in religions around the world, alike with the Tibetans, adhere to and have been inspired by an interpretation for peace from this statement. We can garner that Aristotle believed that it is worse to commit than suffer injustice based on his morals and politics regarding justice that I will deliver in this essay. However, given Aristotle's support of aristocracy and bias in favor of those privileged in virtue, I will also briefly touch on why his reasons may conflict with interpretations today. In order to establish what is injustice, we must look at Aristotle's definition of justice. Justice is not only what is good for...

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