Socrates: Is It Wrong To Obey Authority?

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Those who stop to question whether or not it is wrong to obey authority need to be focusing on when it is all right to do so. As mentioned before, not all authority it bad. Most of it is there to help us and sets us on the right path. It is only sometimes that authority seeks to do us harm, even if it is unknowingly. Now, whether or not the court knew that their decision was a wrong one is unknown, Socrates accepts his fate and doesn’t have any intention of leaving with Crito. I have come to the conclusion that it was wrong for Socrates to obey authority in this case. He should have escaped with Crito in order to save his life. Crito’s reasons for escape were very compelling; he mentioned how Socrates had his family to think of and that he