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Socrates believes:
{ 1 } - To do wrong does not harm the person who does it.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is not wrong.
{ 3 } - Few people think as he does about doing wrong.
{ 4 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong willingly
{ 5 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong in return for wrong.
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1 is wrong. Please try again.
Socrates believes:
{ 1 } - To do wrong does not harm the person who does it.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is not wrong.
{ 3 } - Few people think as he does about doing wrong.
{ 4 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong willingly
{ 5 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong in return for wrong.
See 49b, where Socrates gets the expected answer to the question whether "wrongdoing is in every way harmful and shameful to the wrongdoer?"
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2 is wrong. Please try again.
Socrates believes:
{ 1 } - To do wrong does not harm the person who does it.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is not wrong.
{ 3 } - Few people think as he does about doing wrong.
{ 4 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong willingly
{ 5 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong in return for wrong.
See 49e, where Socrates gets the expected answer to the question: "When one has come to an agreement that is just with someone, should one fulfill it or cheat on it?"
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3 is correct!
Socrates believes:
{ 1 } - To do wrong does not harm the person who does it.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is not wrong.
{ 3 } - Few people think as he does about doing wrong.
{ 4 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong willingly
{ 5 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong in return for wrong.
See Socrates' statement in 49d: "And Crito, see that you do not agree to this, contrary to your belief. For I know that only a few people hold this view or will hold it, and there is no common ground between those who hold this view and those who do not, but they inevitably despise each other's views."
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4 is wrong. Please try again.
Socrates believes:
{ 1 } - To do wrong does not harm the person who does it.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is not wrong.
{ 3 } - Few people think as he does about doing wrong.
{ 4 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong willingly
{ 5 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong in return for wrong.
See 49a-e where Socrates expects and gets a positive answer to his question "Do we say that one must never in any way do wrong willingly?"
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5 is wrong. Please try again.
Socrates believes:
{ 1 } - To do wrong does not harm the person who does it.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is not wrong.
{ 3 } - Few people think as he does about doing wrong.
{ 4 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong willingly
{ 5 } - It is sometimes acceptable to do wrong in return for wrong.
See 49b: Socrates: "One should never do wrong in return, nor injure any man, whatever injury one has suffered at his hands."
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