Essay 1

“For war, as a grave act of killing, needs to be justified.” These words were written by Murray N. Rothbard, dean of the Austrian School and founder of modern libertarianism, who spent much of his academic career trying to determine what, exactly, defined a “just war”. In fact, for as long as humans have been fighting wars, there have been quotations referring to the justification and moralities of wars and how warfare can be considered fair and acceptable to each society’s individual standards. While the time and place of each war differs, the reality of the devastation of battle may be found warranted by those fighting using these just war standards to vindicate their actions.

In this paper, I will present and explain the argument Socrates gives for the conclusion that it is unjust for him to try to escape Athens against the will of the authorities. Socrates is in jail during this part of The Crito. Crito visits Socrates one or two days before his execution with idea of helping him escape, and moving him to a place out of the Athenian authority’s jurisdiction. During this time Socrates brings up an argument. I will be covering this argument and it is that “one must not act unjustly at all” (The Crito, pg. 71). What Socrates means by this is that no one should do anything wrong no matter what. Socrates was sentenced to death for unjust reasons. He then goes onto talk about some principle morals. One of the things he brings up is that no one should do injustice. Even if you are subject to injustice (The Crito, pg. 71). Socrates brings up the point that when someone is subject to ill-treatment it is not right to return it. After bringing up this point, Socrates goes onto stay that “there is no difference, I take it, between ill-treating people and treating them unjustly” (The Crito, pg. 71). So, Socrates creates this premise, and it is as follows “neither doing nor returning injustice is ever right, nor should one who is ill-treated defend himself by retaliation (The Crito, pg. 72).

In response to Crito, Socrates argues that the opinion of an expert is more important than the opinion of the majority. He gives the example of someone in training. Such a person does not pay attention to the advice of the general public, but to his coach. If you listen to public opinion, on what they have to say, it could harm your body because only your couch can tell you what you must do in order to succeed. Socrates extends the analogy to decide the correct form of action. If we listen to the people instead, we could harm our souls, we are mutilated by wrong actions and benefited by the right ones. Socrates admits that, as a majority, the general public has the power to kill people, but he states that the most important thing is not to live, but to live a good life. Therefore, is not worth following the opinion of the people if it means sacrificing something that is important to living a good life. Is not really important to live but to live well. Therefore, he considers whether is morally right to pay the guards and escape. Socrates begins to address this problem by considering the consequences for the city of Athens. He says that the laws and the

In this essay, I aim to prove that Socrates’s committed just act by examine surrendering his life. To do this, I will examine the arguments made by Plato to convince Socrates to escape from prison, as well as evaluating Socrates’s arguments against escaping from prison, while arguing that Socrates’s arguments were stronger. I will start by examining Plato’s arguments, and then move into Socrates’s arguments, while pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of both. I will touch on all of Socrates’s main arguments, however I will focus mainly on his argument that committing unjust actions can be harmful to one’s soul, and that having a ruined soul would render life not worth living.

Senator Thompson said that the past few months have been successful and that he enjoyed the move in process, even with the challenge that naturally accompanied the task. Similarly to Senator Summers, he was eager to share the accomplishments that have been made with the CAB and ASGCU partnership in allowing them to survey at commuter events. He is also working on the survey in regards to adding additional lockers for commuter students around campus. Senator Thompson wrote the bill for the PASA club that was passed during September. Andrew spoke highly of the legislative hangout and also mentioned that he would like to have more activities at Pablo’s house. Additional responsibilities for Senator Thompson have included being a member of

swift seduction into the position of authority had led you down the proverbial rabbit hole, Capri. This committee had decided on dropping all charges against you, with one exception, because of your level of involvement. Given the fact that you were only an informant, we’ve granted you leniency in light thereof. Your inappropriate use of this office and the necessary technology impeded fellow officers from doing their jobs efficiently and effectively. Consequently, you won’t be eligible to receive any financial investments, pension, etc. This, along with your letter of termination, will take effect immediately.”

Police Brutality has become a serious topic in today’s time being that every time you turn on the TV you see them mention another act of violence from the police and since that were in 2015, cellphone cameras are being used to capture every single second of it, so it won’t become he say, she say evidence. According to Salem Press Encyclopedia, police brutality is abuses of authority that amount to serious and divisive human rights violations involving the excessive use of force that may occur in the apprehension or retention of civilians. Police brutality has become the issue of today’s time with civilians of this country; recent examples of police

Plato’s Crito records Crito’s endeavor to persuade Socrates to escape from jail to avoid his unjustified death sentence. Crito’s plan is foolproof that Socrates’ will be able to successfully escape to another state. However, Socrates’ contention straightforwardly identifies with the laws of the state and the citizens’ obligations towards the sate. In his argument, Socrates compares the state-citizen relationship to the parent-child relationship. Socrates is shown as a model citizen, who being unjustifiably sentenced will surrender his life in dutifulness to the state. I, with a different perspective, would have to disagree with Socrates’ philosophy regarding the state and its citizens. If I had been wrongfully sentenced to be executed and had found a way to save my life, I would let no chance to slip by my hand.

I agree with Pacificus because the authority is given to the executive to preserve the peace in the nation, yet Overall I agree with the idea that the president’s power should not be limited for he is representing the entire nation.

I find this interesting because these are the symbols found in Speak, so this could be a message from Laurie Anderson.

Although one may believe that war is morally justifiable, others may ponder upon the fact that it is not. For instance, James Boswell states “my mind expanded itself in reflections upon the horrid irrationality of war.” in his essay “On War”. Those who may have the same mindset

Stacking two photographs on top of each other, Emmanuel Radnitzky’s (Man Ray) untitled work could be considered unique, but also mind-boggling. Although it’s clear that the center of focus is of an accordionist’s performance, the tubes of the accordion are a jumbled mess, the majority of the photograph is a distorted blur (Radnitzky). Since it takes great scrutiny to view individual pieces of this art, some may wonder why Man Ray challenges us with a juxtaposed style. Although it may seem disorienting, he recreates a scene of the woman’s accordion performance by overlapping two photographs to allow viewers to reanalyze the gestures humans make unconsciously. In Radiohead’s Lotus Flower, the dancer suggests that human beings are prone to

Tutankhamun (Tutankhamen) was born in Egypt in 1341 B.C. In 1323 B.C. Tutankhamun died of an unknown death; he was only 17 or 18 years old. Before he died he got to live a short time as a ruler. After his body was exhumed, there have been signs that Tutankhamus could have been murdered, or died from an infection from an injury. “Historians generally agree that he was the twelfth ruler of the 18th Egyptian Dynasty, who assumed the throne when he was eight or nine years old. Before puberty he was married to his half-sister (or, possibly, niece) Ankhesenamen, daughter of Queen Nefertiti. He reigned until his death in his late teens. Some studies of his remains suggest that he was

From George Washington to 2017’s Donald Trump, the United States Executive responsibilities have increased drastically. In respect to the powers that the president was to be given in the early America, funnily enough the Framers were just breaking away from a tyrannical monarchy that put one person in power of everything, and to repeat that system with a president was probably the last thing they wanted to do. But now presidents can make executive orders, purpose legislation to congress, and even gain much more control over the nation during a time of crisis or war. This would seem to directly contrast what was to the president’s original role. After reading the section in the textbook and gathering my notes, I will be trying to answer the

In today’s day in age many can not comprehend what happened during the war for the soldier overseas, as well as the civilian back home. For those that were home they did not know much about what was happening overseas. Families that did not have a man in the household that was of age (to be drafted) were not nearly as worried as the family that had a son/ or brother that was, but similar to the catastrophic event that took place on September 11th, 2001 every American felt what had happened on December 7th 1941 in Hawaii (Schwalbach). This lead to many men going out to war, but what was war like? War was hell. For those who had to fight in battle they had to do the impossible task of taking another life. In the example of an interview of