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Social Science homework help. Examine the relevance of language and logic to problems of knowledge and reality.
Distinguish the basic concepts of moral and political philosophy.
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In the Apology, Socrates refuses to accept any lesser form of punishment (such as a fine or exile). As such Socrates is sentenced to death.  (a) Why does he do this, and (b) what moral principle does Socrates draw upon in defending his choice for not pleading for a lesser charge in order to save his life?
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1.  Socrates was a man who stated,”The unexamined life is not worth living,” meaning that if he were to be stripped of his virtues: Modesty, Sincerity, Courageous, Logical, then he would rather die than to live without philosophy.
The world today fears death so certainly our distant ancestors did the same. In the, ‘Gorgias,’  Plato said,” Injustice harms the doer and justice benefits the doer,” this can be applied to the trial of Socrates; the injustice inflicted by the Jury on themselves for not soundly reasoning why they were targeting Socrates- do mainly for their own prosperity- and justice being used by Socrates for what he thought was right: committing to his virtues, defiance in terms of not asking for mercy or pity, but to be indifferent towards the prosecution, and to never disobey the state.
The jury was not questioning themselves on the suggested crimes bestowed, but Socrates was persistently evaluating his case: Did I really corrupt the youth? Am I really an impetuous character? Do I deserve these charges? He did not dare answer with yes or no to any of these questions, but he left it to others to decide his fate. It opens a door to critical self thinking about ones own morality and whether what we do to others is right or wrong.
The Socratic Method. Asking so many questions that eventually there is nothing left but a validation of your reasoning or a fault in that reasoning. Socrates wanted them to take away from that. He would not be so easily dissuaded to overlook his mentorship.
2.  Socrates talks about him being sent by god to stir up the city, like a gadfly getting a sluggish horse to move. This to me seems like it would hurt his defense and that he was more trying to continue to educate the court than defend himself from prosecution. He must have known that there was only one way this was going to end, with him being found guilty of his so-called crimes. So instead of truly defending himself it seems to me that he was instead trying to continue to create a dialogue with the court. Trying to get the court to see the good of his actions and ideas instead of simply wanting to get rid of him for exposing their ignorance. It goes back to his allegory of the cave, and in this case Socrates is the one who broke free of  his chains and went outside to see the real world only to return and be persecuted.
So do I think Socrates corrupted the youth of Athens? No, but I do think that he stirred the pot and enlightened the Athenian youth as to the ignorance of their leaders and the “youth” no longer accepted the status quo. Socrates said ”I was attached to this city by the god…as upon a great and noble horse which was somewhat sluggish because of its size and needed to be stirred up by a kind of gadfly” to me this shows Socrates’ idea of Athens, how they were “sluggish” in their pursuit for an understanding of the world. This, to me, is not intentionally corrupting anyone, instead I believe he was doing what he thought was the best he could for his people. I can see how Athenian leaders would want to dispose of him. What person of power would want their power and status questioned? None.
Corrupting the youth would make them wicked and wicked people would bring harm to Socrates, so it makes no sense for Socrates to purposefully corrupt them. On top of that there were no laws for committing crimes unintentionally so he can’t be charged, especially since no one educated him that he was corrupting the youth of Athens. This seems to be a reasonable and straightforward defense and that is why it is convincing to me but it doesn’t seem to have worked for him, again I get the notion that Socrates knew that there was no way out of this so instead he focused on dialogue with the court and showing his Socratic method.

Social Science homework help