ing that defending yourself is not a wrong being committed, thereby letting yourself still adhere to the initial maxim One must never do wrong, even for wrong received.Defending against an attack also constitutes courage.(which once again is appealing to one of the six Athenian virtues) Socrates shows that himself in Laches, when it is brought up in the definition of courage as a man defending his post. By using the war examples, Socrates shows that while he may be against outright invading other territories, he shows that defending your life and land is in fact a courageous thing to do. It is with theses thoughts in mind that we come back to our original problem, is defending yourself against a attack legitimate moral justification? We now have the following arguments for showing it is. First is that in defending yourself from a life threatening attack you are being courageous, which is considered a virtue. Secondly you are saving a life, which is both shows piety (remember showing life should be revered) and justice (it is wrong to kill). With these three virtues behind our initial maxim, it seems that self-defense indeed is justifiable, and in fact by doing so you are demonstrating the same virtues that are inherently shown in the maxim itself....
