POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Society Of Civil Engineers, Social Contract, Ason
8 Feb 2017
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Class 4a: the greeks: socrates and the beginnings of democratic citizenship. Takes place in a state prision in athens. Crito is visiting socrates in the early morning. He is putting the reputations of his friends at risk. Making it appear as we have left you die now. He shouldn"t worry about the risks his friends might be running. He shouldn"t worry about the money needed to escape. He is acting unjustly by joining his enemies efforts against him. He is acting unjustly by not trying to fulfil his obligations to his kids. It is an act of cowardice not to try. And this will in turn react poorly on his friends as well. Socrates" response go over many of socratic philosophy points . You should take expert advice not majority advice. Soul is more important than body, also in terms of well-being of the soul. One should never commit an act of injustice.
