... the nations, but to change the minds of the people inside the nation. Ethically, one could hold their morals at the standard of the law. However, the law is not (or was not) justly represented making it "ethically" rational to disobey laws that were considered unjust. In contempt of ... provided by Dr. King, Jr. that is similar to Socrates' views. King also argues that there is a higher morality than human morality and that any man-made law must be in harmony with that higher morality to be a just law, as he wrote this in his Letter To Birmingham Jail. He goes on to say , "Any ... law ...

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... apparent to the reader. Equally, Socrates makes clear why laws should be followed and why disobedience to the law is rarely justified. Finally, he makes clear his views regarding civil disobedience. Socrates" view on morality is that anyone can do wrong. It is said that injuring someone in return for injury to oneself ... or not. On Socrates view it is not someone else's decision what is right or wrong, it isn't the moral life to follow others opinion about morality. Disobedience can be justified. One can have reasons to act wrong towards their parents. Just because they raised and educa...

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... represent the views of the Sophists. Through Socrates" dialogue with Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles, his revealed assumption that there are objective standards in morality exposes the orators" "art", belief, and ability to reach true happiness as it is related to pleasure and virtue. We then learn that ... important that we examine the Sophistic movement, a time when the ability to publicly give persuasive speeches to a large audience, be it in law courts or in the assembly, was the golden road to success in public life, which was considered the greatest achievable form of success possib...

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... lovers have always been men and women, such as Romeo and Juliet. Pausanias does, however, say, "But the love of young boys should be forbidden by law because their future is uncertain (Symposium, 23)." His morality is therefore not questioned. But his idea that the purest love is between man and man is absurd. This leaves only the speeches of Agathon and ... best, if only because it presents us with the truest, most complete picture of the nature of love. But beyond that, he also explains the morality in love. Even the physical aspect of love has a certain morality and spirituality, sin...

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... notion of justice is that if people perform their natural function, then their society will be just as a whole. Individual justice is interrelated with societal justice. Law and order resulted from knowing the good. Law would be in accordance with the good and those that have the best knowledge of the good, the guardians. Although it is not possible in this life ... on pg. 84 #19) In the Republic, Plato describes the notion of the daimon in other words the conscience effectively coming from the soul. Plato's guardians were the exemplification of morality and knowing the good. They were ...

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... Oedipus' two sons Eteocles and Polyneices have killed each other in a civil war for the throne of Thebes. Oedipus' brother in law Creon then assumes the throne. He dictates that Eteocles shall receive a state funeral and honors, while Polyneices shall be left in ... is no compromise between the two - both believe in the absolute truth of their obedience. Antigone believes that the unwritten and natural law supercedes any form of human written law. Honor and a principled responsibility to gods and family are given equal weight in her self-defense. She says that she fears, not ... refusi...

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... is water?" Additionally, ethics has been a topic of copious debate between not just many philosophers including Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, but also in our current day in politics and law. Expanding on contemporary philosophy, philosophers today talk about very important social issues such as women's rights and environmental issues. They also use a much more reasonable and educated approach than philosophers ... and their effectiveness through a utilitarianist lens. Betham can be classified as a legal philosopher due to this. Philosophers who share this vision of the proper function ...

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... man was a very popular discussion between philosophers. Most principles had something along the lines of what was wrong or right. Starting with the Greeks, Aristotle had a principle known as natural law, which stated that every human behavior can be defined as either right and wrong. Epicureanism was the approach to eliminate fears that made people unhappy - "death and the gods" meddling ... material wealth clouded one's mind to truths." The real knowledge came from engaging in meditation and self-contemplation. The Chinese principle of Confucianism also falls under the theme of man's m...

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