Good, Brief, Humorless Good Points, Was Socrates wise to stay in Athens to die? Examine firstly the context of the word wise , Socrates wasn't wise in the sense of preserving his own life as he stayed to die. He was encouraged and given the chance to escape by his friend Crito, but Socrates did not want to escape . Why?         Socrates was a wise man. He believed in absolutes, and pursued the knowledge of man's source …showed first 75 words of 789 total…

…showed last 75 words of 789 total…ignore laws applicable to the situation. Take for example; the person whose father is having a heart attack, or a pregnant woman going into labor. These people probably wouldn't obey the traffic laws while rushing to the hospital. Is this justification to break the law? Many people would say that while it is morally and legally wrong to break any laws; these situations would be acceptable. Personal judgement would prevail over the situation at hand.