If you were a voluntary resident of a state, where you don’t agree with the laws, would you break them? This is one of the questions we were given last week. And my answer to that question was no. Reason being if we chose to live in that place, it is our responsibility to respect the law and follow the rules.
After reading Crito, we were then asked whether we would escape if we were in Socrates’ place. I said I would escape for many reasons. First of all, the law held Socrates was unjust. Besides, he should take his family and his friends into consideration. Some pointed out that his kid would be ashamed of Socrates if he ran away. In my opinion, their father’s safety is far more important to them than other people’s judgments. In addition, if Socrates died, he would not be able to search or truth and educate others anymore. For those that against him, his death is a good news. But if he is alive, he can go to elsewhere and make a difference there.
I think it is interesting to see how my answers to those two similar questions are different. I think when the question is really broad; it is more likely to be answered with theories, something that is normally considered to be right to do. But it pushes me to think more and put more emotions into the answer if there is a real situation I can put myself in.
I agree with you first thought because I also that when you choose to live in a certain area you must live by their laws. I do however disagree with your second thought because if he escaped it would have went against everything he believed in and everything he worked for would have gone down the drain because everyone who was against him would have seen him as hypocrite.
ReplyDeleteI agree with exactly what your saying Biyun. I also feel that it is a lot easier to answer questions when it relates to people in general, or a specific group that we ourselves can put our self in. One thing that I really liked about your blog entry this week is how instead of focusing on one topic or assignment that we covered this week in English class, is that you decided to focus on two. Then you not only talked about each of them, you also kind of compared and contrasted them slightly in the last paragraph of your blog entry. I thought that was really cool and an effective way to kind of reflect on the types of topics that we are covering in English class. I can't wait to hear what you have to write next.
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I really do think you have a point bi yun and feel that it is a lot easier to answer questions when it relates to people in general, or a specific group that we ourselves can put our self in. good point of view though.
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