Monday, May 14, 2007

Athenian Values

Here are what I think the Athenian values are.

Tradition
Honoring ancestors
Courage/"manliness"
Being Kind to other people
freedom
equal rights

Equal rights and freedom, would be great points. For the defense, the reason being that Socrates was expressing his equal rights and freedom. Being able to teach the youth is in his freedom. He has the right to teach the youth just as much as any other person. Equal rights, an Athenian value, they are being hypocritical, lets let everybody teach except Socrates. Also, we wont let him be free and accuse him of heresy. So, these points would be great for the defense to point out the weakness in their argument if they bring these up anyway.

Goodbye

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