Feminist Analysis to "Antigone"

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By using Sophocles' "Antigone" and the life of Socrates, this paper shows how a just moral conviction can be defined, why an individual's just moral convictions should rise above the state and what would be the repercussions if a just moral conviction did not rise above the state. For the first, the writer shows that a just moral conviction does not entail force, political coercion, and/or domination. For the second, an individuals just moral convictions should rise above the state because its source is from the gods and there would be no social progress. For the last section, the writer uses a contemporary example of a state which does not give gays/lesbians full citizenship rights to show that if a just moral conviction does not rise above the state progress is inhibited.

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"Another example which is quite less straightforward is the issue of women's suffrage. Women lived in a state where they were not allowed citizenship or political rights. They were forced outside of the political arena through domination on a political standpoint but also through the domination of patriarchy. In this situation, public opinion varied. There was some that thought this moral conviction was just and some who didn't. So, how does one know if a moral conviction is just or unjust? In this paper, I set out to prove that moral convictions must be just to rise above the state."

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