PHL202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Contract
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Conflicts with the apology: the case of the 10 generals (32b-c) Athenians realized that the order of the council itself was illegal. When he refused he was standing by the law, not against it: the case of the leon from salamis (32c-d) Asked by the 30 tyrants who had taken over, and sends. Socrates and others to bring leon for his execution. Looks like a case of violating legal authority. Socrates is not doing wrong because he is under. No contract with the tyrants, nothing binding him: socrates" reply to the imagined jury verdict to cease philosophizing (29c-d) This is a situation in which they are discussing the possible penalty. Socrates says there is no way he would stop philosophizing. He said he would obey the god over them. He will disobey because he is following his god. Laws of verdicts argument (50a-b) very important to the body of law.
