Questioning everything made Socrates widely unpopular, and philosophers still evoke this reaction. Real philosophers accept that.
"My problem is that I roundly dislike Socrates, and have from the moment I met him. He is a humble-braggart and a busybody, minding everyone's business but his own: on his own showing he neglected his family and let them fall into poverty while he spent his time gadflying about town and picking quarrels with anyone reputed to be wise. What kind of conduct is that?"
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I had a comment to make about a discussion we had in class on this day but didn’t know where to post it. (January 19th)
ReplyDeleteWe spoke about the concept of right and wrong and whether or not that sense was an innate thing for humans or if it was learned.
I personally think it is a mixture of both.
The thing is, we each vary in morals in some way and we each whole-heartedly believe we are the one who is correct. But who is to say who is actually right or wrong - especially if these morales aren’t innate. If all morals are taught, then they are based of personal experience and the environment around you - meaning what is right and wrong might vary by region. So, who is right? Maybe no one and everyone all at the same time because our societies do and learn what we have to in order to survive.