Socrates was jailed for reasons he could not get an answer for. He was sentenced to death just because he had bothered and annoyed people too much. There were many that were enlightened by his speeches, but he angered much of the state. I do not totally agree with Socrates' decision not to escape in the Crito. He developed this Socratic ethic and proudly stood beside i

The situation that King and Socrates faced is sort of backward from what I believed about the experiments that were performed by Milgram. I really did not think that Milgram's experiments proved much about authoritive obedience. First of all it was just a shock that was being dealt. I am willing to bet that if a subject were to push a button that cut off a man's finger for answering a question wrong, he would not do it. His experiments do not tell or prove anything about obedience when it comes to serious injury or even death. If a man told me to kill somebody just because he gave a wrong answer, I would not do it. Nobody would unless they were sick in the head, which is what the people of Nazi Germany were. They were not obedient to Hitler, they were just crazy. Back to the situation of King and Socrates. It would make more sense to me to be disobedient when my life is in danger than it would be if I knew my life was not in danger. Socrates, knowing that he was going to die, remained obedient and preached the importance of obedience while being obedient to a corrupt state. King, who just thought he was serving jail time, was disobedient, which was the reason he was there in the first place. While being jailed for disobedience, King wrote of the importance of disobedience to a corrupt state. This still does not make much sense to me. I would much rather be disobedient knowing my life was going to end than if I just had some jail time. I would be obedient in jail and when I got out I would continue being disobedient. But if I were going to be executed by a corrupt state for an unlawful crime, I would surely be disobedient and escape. Staying and dying would not fulfill my sense of duty. Solving the problem and making it right for others would fulfill my duty.

It is hard to say though that Socrates and King's situations were similar. They are very distinguishable because Socrates was sentenced to death where King just had jail time. The large picture going on outside of that jail with the situation of the state was very similar in both instances. Also the reasoning behind why the two were put in jail was similar. Socrates was just talking to people trying to get his message through in the center of town and was accused of a crime. The same thing is true for King. He was protesting openly in public, which is not illegal, but he was accused of a crime. They were both by today's standards wrongfully ac

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