discusses whether it is all right to disobey or to obey the government. Includes some of Plato's ideas

- - For centuries many philosophers have asked themselves, 'What is the right thing to do?'. They do have some guidance but cannot totally rely on most of these references. One of these references is the system of laws that the government has imposed onto the population that lives inside their boundaries. Can this system of laws really be just? Can we base our judgement on what is right and what is wrong according to …showed first 75 words of 861 total…

…showed last 75 words of 861 total…case his thinking was not that thorough. Socrates should have considered of escaping out of prison and can prove his innocence outside. He could have conversed a lot longer with the people of Ancient Greece and could have done lots of marvelous things. We could have read more of his philosophy and enjoyed dissecting his mind by analyzing line by line from his works. Nevertheless, poor old Socrates' loyalty to the state had killed him.