held every argument he could to prove his innocence. He felt that if he could not persuade those in command that he did not deserve such punishment, than he would accept his fate as Athens had dealt it to him. He would not risk leaving his children, for he believed that Athens was the best place for them to live and would not take them with him in exile. He also would not let his friends risk the safety and security they had worked for, just so they could help him escape. Socrates stated that he knew his friends, will themselves be in danger of exile, disfranchisement and loss of property, and morally and ethically he could not let this happen. In the end it was a deep respect for the city that raised him and his execution was his final act of devoutness to his community. Socrates would rather die than be looked upon as a destroyer of the laws, and this is what it means to be a part of the community to risk even your life in order to remain loyal to what you believe in to better for the greater good. Despite the fact whether we believe how he acted was just or not, his strength in his beliefs to make the world a better place must be respected, after all what more can one person offer?While in Sophocles Antigone, the main character was a young girl that showed us how it is to be moral, ethical, and just. Antigone lost her whole family in war and one of her two brothers who died was accused of being a traitor. He was disgraced by the king, Creon, by having his body laid out to decompose in public view without having his last burial rights. Antigone was livid. She states that, If I had allowed my own mothers son to rot, an unburied corpse- that would have been an agony! and knowing that her actions would lead to her eventual execution, in her own way she paid respect for her brother. Because she was a moral and just human being with a great love of family, Antigone had no choice, she accepted it as her fate. Her only survi...
