If so, what morals are just and what morals are unjust? ... To be truly unjust, he or she would have to fool everyone into thinking, the unjust will live a better life and be remembered better. ... The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and St. ... Plato's philosophy assumes that God exists as a supremely good being whose goodness is analogous to Plato's concrete concept or the ultimate good. However, God and goodness are not one and the same; Plato does not directly state that goodness is good, but that God is good, since he exemplifies the id...

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From what we learn of him in Plato does Socrates offer a philosophy that is genuinely progressive and radical in its wish to reform the society of the day? ... I will rely on two of Plato's works in my argument, The Apology and The Crito. ... Socrates states the importance of standing by his previous reasoning (no unjust acts). He believes it is his social duty to accept his punishment, be it unjust or just. ...

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Eventually, Socrates concludes that the act is considered "unjust" and "morally unjustified." ... -Crito (Plato 569) Crito believed that by helping Socrates to escape, he could go on to fulfill his personal obligations. ... -Socrates (Plato 571) In the arguments that Socrates makes, what other people think does not matter. ... -Socrates (Plato 577), is one of the most important and crucial in the Crito dialogue. ... "Plato: The Problem of Intellectual and Moral Consistency". ...

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A Decision of Life The dialogue Crito, by Plato, recounts the last days of Socrates, immediately before his execution was going to take place in Athens. ... Eventually, Socrates concludes that the act is considered "unjust" and "morally unjustified."...

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In Crito, Plato gives a vivid account of Crito's last attempt to persuade his old friend. ... "If it appears that we shall be acting unjustly, then we have no need at all to take into account whether we shall have to die if we stay here and keep quiet, or suffer in another way, rather than do wrong,"(49). ...

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