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Socrates 'Others Have Wisdom, But Won' T Tell Me The Truth

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The public’s outrage against the police has forced elected officials to reconsider their contracts with the police unions across the nation. Some cases in Chicago have not been brought to the public’s eye until over twenty-two months after the occurrence. Officials have claimed that police officers have made false statements but have not been reprimanded for their lies or their actions. Overall, public opinion of law enforcement has become very negative due to multiple shootings around the country. According to Socrates, in order for authors to effectively use rhetoric to test a soul on its correctness, they must demonstrate knowledge, good will, and candor. Socrates says “others have wisdom, but won’t tell me the truth because they …show more content…

Truth can be defined, then, as an agreed upon point by two individual’s souls. Overall, the authors demonstrate knowledge, good will, and candor. They present enough knowledge for the reader to have context about police unions. However, Socrates would want the authors to provide better witnesses to their arguments. When Polus is not presenting a factual based argument, Socrates says “you will not force me down though you bring clouds of false witnesses against me to dislodge me from my stronghold, which is the actual truth” (Plato 35). Socrates is only concerned with factual evidence, not evidence that Polus manipulates to strengthen his argument. In the article, the authors discuss the 24-hour grace period officers are granted after a traumatic event saying it gives them “time to coordinate their accounts” (The Editorial Board 2). While this may be true, the authors do not explain what officers can or cannot do during those 24-hours and are therefore presenting fragmented evidence to strengthen their argument. The authors do, however, demonstrate good will. The authors do not say whether they are on one side or another, but instead support law enforcement through supporting public opinion. The last statement in the article says “To

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