Glaucon, with his hypothesis of the two rings in the text by Plato, points to the fact that
A) any man who has two rings ought to give one of them to a needy person.
B) if an invisibility ring is given to a just man and another to an unjust man, the just man will do good deeds with it and the unjust man will do bad deeds.
C) if an invisibility ring is given to a just man and another to an unjust man, the just man will do bad deeds and the unjust man will do good deeds.
D) if an invisibility ring is given to a just man and another to an unjust man, both of these men will behave selfishly.

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Glaucon's hypothesis of the two rings in Plato's text suggests that both a just man and an unjust man would act in their own self-interest if given the power of invisibility, challenging the notion that morality is inherent rather than a product of societal pressures and consequences.

Glaucon, with His Hypothesis of the Two Rings in the Text