Socrates

Joe Stipek

Humn 291

Execution of Socrates: Just or Unjust?

My brother is an idiot! He consistently commits unjustly acts, and does not care who is affected by them. He lies to my parents, steals, and breaks the law without thinking about the consequences he might face. Unlike my brother, Socrates thought about his acts before performing them. Socrates believes no matter the situation in life, a person should not commit an unjustly act, because it hurts your loved ones, causes harm toward others, and it also shameful to yourself. “One must neither do injustice in return nor wrong any man, no matter what one has suffered at his hands” ( Plato 71). A person has no reason to commit an unjust act. In Crito, it discussed why Socrates refused to commit the unjust act of escaping from prison and would rather sit in prison and wait to be executed; even though it was on an improper conviction.

An individual who commits unjust act takes an emotional toll on loved ones. I know first hand of an individual, my brother, who most of the time is a pathological liar towards my parents. He benefits instantly from telling a lie but eventually parents find out what really went on. Multiple times he has gone to college and told them his classes were going great; when he knew he dropped all his classes. Not thinking that he would receive his report card can it showed all withdraws and no completions, my parents found out what he did. He did that because he wanted to escape hard work and just sit and watch T.V. all day. By acting unjustly, my parents had to pay his school bills that were over six thousand dollars. By him lying constantly to them diminishes his trust that my parents had for him and creates unwanted stress that crumbles the relationship between them. It also, makes my parents feel awful because they consider that they are failures as parents. Thus, Socrates thinks oppositely about committing an unjust act. Socrates received an improper conviction by the majority....