Socrates Moral Obligations

The Moral Obligation of the Citizens to Obey the Law

Legal systems do have a responsibility to create, formulate, recognize and enforce the law, which is their legal obligation. Obligations are part and parcel to the social justice and thus explaining these requirements is paramount to foster the understanding of the authority and its nature in general. Nevertheless, do we have that moral obligation to obeying such law despite how unjust or evil they might be just because of our physical location? Reanalysis of the link between ethics and the law is based on a new look of the legal obligation and the Socrates death that happens to be found in the writings of Plato. Looking at Plato’s views, there are exists several obligations that citizens

By escaping from the prison, the Socrates would have made himself a total outlaw and will never be welcomed or invited again to the state as he will go into exile. Consequently, at the time of his death, the fires of the underworld will judge him harshly. Socrate, therefore, managed to convince Crito, it is better staying in the prison to wait for his death than escaping from the jail. This applies to the modern society, and how they are morally obligated to respect the law and to break them would mean that the law enforcers would hunt them down, as the offending citizens will only live in

My father was convicted of a crime in which he, his peers or family members thought he was not guilty of. He was given the opportunity from his brother to flee the country, be given a stable job and housing in Dubai. This opportunity would last until the and seven-year statute of limitations ran out and then he would be able to return to the United States once again to be with his family and friends. I personally felt it in his best interest to flee. However, as he explained, it was better to be incarcerated in a country that he loves and calls home than to be in another country alienated from all that he knows and loves. He further taught me the importance of supporting our system of government, it may not be perfect but it has given me the liberties, freedoms and foundation on which to build a life for my family. So yes, many of my friends thought my father was incompetent for staying here in the States to face an unjust penalty, but I now stand with him and his decision to support our country regardless of its imperfections. It is clear to me now how many of my ancestors fought, suffered and died for this country and it is of utmost importance that I stand by it as does