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  • Essay / The role of freedom in Plato's Crito - 1170

    Socrates, retorts: “Then should not the good be honored and not the bad? » (CR 41). In the sense of love for the United States and what unites them, without justice, everyone's opinions and prerogatives would be acceptable and freedom would be king. If someone thought this was writing to take something from another person because they wanted it, they would have the freedom to do it because it is their opinion. What would be considered right or wrong is a matter of opinion. With complete freedom alone, we could murder our families, steal and pillage from each other. Shortly after, he argues: “So is the body livable for us once it is bad and ruined? (CR 42). At worst it means the collapse of society, we can't really live in a society once it is in ruins and disarray. In the chaos of complete freedom, it would be difficult to imagine thriving or even existing. As we said before, in complete freedom, someone can take from others what they want, they can plunder and harm others. If we look at society as a whole, if everyone is dismayed because their family has been robbed or harmed, we could not live in such a society. If we destroy other people's things and qualities of life by breaking the doors and windows of shops and houses, no one will be able to survive it because it is "bad and ruined" (CR 42). In Socrates' world, only the opinions and actions of the righteous would be honored. We would be free to do whatever we want as long as it is right. Nothing would include murder or crime, and society would be fine.