In the article “Socrates on political obedience and disobedience” by Gregory Vlastos it talks about Socrates, Athens, law obedience and disobedience. It was mentioned in David Humes essay that Socrates rejects to escape from prison due to the fact he wanted to obey the laws. It was very clear that Socrates didn’t want to disobey the law and escape from prison, while many others would have escaped in this situation and wouldn’t have cared if they broke a law. However, it is very interesting that many citizens followed certain laws that were unjust and wrong. An example that was mentioned in the reading was that “if she orders you to suffer in silence stripes or imprisonment, you should obey”. The main fact that was stated in the article was
