Paper Outline
Thesis: Socrates would have been wrong to escape and go against his beliefs and teachings.
I. If you could escape prison and change your beliefs and religion, would you take the chance at escaping? Socrates had many opportunities to escape but he did not.
II. Discuss Socrates being wrongly accused of erroneous crimes.
A. Explain how the public viewed Socrates crime accusations.
B. Explain how Socrates’s conversation with Crito showed his views on morality.
C. Socrates would have been wrong to escape because it went against his belief on law and justice.
III. Discuss Socrates’s views on law and justice.
A. Explain Socrates’s view on the law during his time.
B. Explain how Socrates’s conversation with Crito went.
C. Socrates would have put himself in a huge risk if he would have tried to escape.
IV. Discuss the major risk Socrates faced if he tried to escape.
A. Explain how even though he did not escape, he may face the same fate.
B. Explain how Socrates escape would have affected his followers.
V. Socrates would have been wrong if he escapes based off of his beliefs.
A. Socrates would have gone against everything he believed when it came to moral and justice.
B. Discuss what happens if Socrates decides to escape.
IV. Conclusion:…………….
Work Cited
History.com Editors. (23 August 2019). Socrates. Retrieved from
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/socrates
Mark, J. (2 September 2009). Socrates. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/socrates/