Analysis Of Socrates Argument In Crito

Democracy is based on the opinion of the majority. This ideology proposes that what the greater portion of a society desires should be the governing body’s duty to achieve. However, what democracy fails to realize is that sometimes humanity is flawed, and occasionally, mankind’s majority is wrong. There has been many examples throughout history in which the beliefs of societies were complete fallacies, yet were perceived to be common knowledge. This is why one should question what those around him or her say because much of what they hear may be false. In Crito, Plato writes of a possible conversation that Socrates shares with Crito. In this discussion, Socrates indicates that he does not care about the opinions of the people as a whole because these people are not the ones we should care about in the first place. Socrates’ argument in Cirto is strong as many times people provide little to no evidence to the claim that they attempt to support. To these people we should give little to no consideration. Additionally, we should not care about the opinion’s of those who may not understand a topic fully because, in reality, …show more content…
To be sure of this, we must first determine what good and bad opinions are. If someone has a good opinion it should be well supported. Support can either be pulled from factual basis or ethical/moral obligations to society. Without any sort of backing, an opinion should not be considered good and thus is deemed bad. Good opinions, by their nature, should be taken into consideration because they have the backing required for consideration. It is sometimes hard to tell the difference between a good opinion and a bad one, especially if one is not familiar with the topic at hand. Thus, when determining whether an opinion should be valued, one must look at the source of the