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6 pages in length. As a juror sitting on the trial of Socrates, it has become clear that this man has society's best interests at heart. The issue at hand concerns the nature of man, his behavior and how that behavior has a domino effect on everything else. The question is raised as a means by which to address man's lost quest to do the right thing, an aim that has long been both challenged and failed as far as Socrates is concerned. What makes this case particularly interesting is the extent to which his personal views are in opposition with so many of his philosophical counterparts, especially when it comes to formulating the fundamental basis of human character. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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and how that behavior has a domino effect on everything else. The question is raised as a means by which to address mans lost quest to do the right
thing, an aim that has long been both challenged and failed as far as Socrates is concerned. What makes this case particularly interesting is the extent to which his
personal views are in opposition with so many of his philosophical counterparts, especially when it comes to formulating the fundamental basis of human character. Socrates argument began with his acknowledgment
that contemporary attitudes concerning private ethics and political leadership have become far more lackadaisical than during his time, where moral philosophers harbored strong sentiments with regard to ethical behavior and
how it affected society as a whole. In discerning what truly represents a good society, he came to define it as "one in which the members willingly cooperate for
the ultimate benefit of all" (Hosmer 379), questioning whether this was still the case with contemporary political leaders. "Platos Socrates clearly recognized the difference between the human and the
nonhuman things...Platos Socrates also recognized the need to preserve the political conditions necessary for the perpetuation of his own philosophical activity" (Zuckert 87).
The only manner by which to acquire good statesmen and lawgivers, according to Socrates testimony, is to assure their individual and social ethic behavior, a commentary that clearly addresses
the need for ones private morality to remain as integral to ones political commitment as is ones social dedication. Without appropriate joining of the two, he explained, political leadership
cannot thrive and is gravely compromised. Socrates went further to say that the inherent clash between what one wants and what one actually needs derives from the "product of
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