The Ethical Implications of Socrates claim 'The unexamined life is not worth living' for modern society

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make a discussion on the Socrates claims. This paper tells about the ethical implications of the Socrates claims 'The unexamined life is not worth living' for modern society. This paper discusses that what is the implications of this answer of Socrates on the modern society, and what are the ethical implications of this claim.

Discussion

There is perhaps no accident that Socrates engaged in cultivation of the soul and the chipping of virtue in hard souls of his fellow citizens in an effort to improve ethical man. He used masterfully to both conducive to the emergence of philosophical knowledge through the soul of the new main man 'Socratic', bringing to light what he was best in him. Philebus, Socrates' first interlocutor, represents the position that pleasure constitutes the good for humans (though through most of the dialogue, it is Protarchus who converses on behalf of this position, with Philebus contributing occasional supporting comments). Philebus holds that what is good for all creatures is to enjoy them, to be pleased and delighted, and whatever else goes together with that kind of thing (Matthews, 24). The strange, enigmatic, ironic form of Socrates is constantly present in almost all pages of the book by Alexander Nehama "The art of life, Socratic Reflections: from Plato to Foucault ". The tradition of the philosophers of the art of life begins with Socrates, the man "who created himself, never to show anyone how he did it."

Socrates has established himself as a unique and exceptional person, and it was he who first brought the philosophy of life as art. The example of Socrates follows different paths from the Montaigne, Nietzsche and Foucault, in trying to shape and mild themselves to themselves and to establish new ways of life. The philosophy of Socrates coincides largely with his tireless quest to make the life of his own work. The life of Socrates affirms, in turn, the consistency with which he defended in practice the basic ideas of teaching: the idea, for example, that wealth, power, reputation and prices do not mean anything compared with virtue and care for the soul ("soul epimeleisthai"). It also discusses the idea that they deserve to live a life that has not thought about ("The unexamined life is liveable My People"), that virtue depends upon knowledge, and especially the self and that to suffer an injustice, even death is preferable to injustice himself (Coulter, 303). The legacy of Socrates includes antidogmatiki wisdom of a man who was aware of ignorance and so passes to his successors, not a belief system, but the duty to continue the work of the endless search of that knowledge leads to virtue.

Why is it significant?

It is very important because this saying of Socrates can be influential in the recent literature. There is a feeling that there is so Socrates as there are writers who spoke for him. Already in ...