Socrates' and Moral and Legal Obligations

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The writer discusses Socrates' view of the moral and legal obligations to obey the law. This paper looks at Socrates' trial for corrupting the young. The writer explains how Socrates responded to the charges against him. The writer also describes Socrates' reaction to the death sentence.

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"Socrates was accused of the capital crime of corrupting youth with his teachings and was sentenced to death. Socrates did not deny he was guilty of the charge but rather protested that what he was accused of was something he had practiced his entire life and if it was illegal then his whole life was illegal. He claimed that he was being accused unjustly of corrupting the minds of the young, but had merely made people think and had opened their minds and made them question ... "

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