In the end, justice does not repay any level of person in an ideal city. Plato must demonstrate early on that justice is intrinsically good and that just actions are intrinsically good. The first point is dismissed for the sake of argument, and the second is uncertain because of the questions that emerge from the myth of Gyges. The prime example of doing what is right is a citizen's doing his or her job within the city, thus making the government of the philosophers just. Although governing is a right action, governing is intrinsically evil and therefore does not reward philosophers. This is most clearly defined by looking at the producer's work in the city. In the essential case of carrying out one's work, justice does not pay