Was Socrates Unwise to Take the Hemlock?

It is suitably ironic that Socrates' classic submission to Athenian injustice some centuries before Christ provides, in the face of contemporary criticism of traditional education, amazing relevance for our time. Does citizenship make it immoral to defy the injustices of one's country?

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Main Author: Anderson, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1972]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1972, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 437-452
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Summary:It is suitably ironic that Socrates' classic submission to Athenian injustice some centuries before Christ provides, in the face of contemporary criticism of traditional education, amazing relevance for our time. Does citizenship make it immoral to defy the injustices of one's country?
ISSN:1475-4517
Contains:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000001656