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Which of the following reasons for not escaping from prison do the Laws give to Socrates.
{ 1 } - One must judge an act only by its consequences.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is sometimes acceptable.
{ 3 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the many.
{ 5 } - Socrates should rather die than live in Sicily.
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Which of the following reasons for not escaping from prison do the Laws give to Socrates.
{ 1 } - One must judge an act only by its consequences.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is sometimes acceptable.
{ 3 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the many.
{ 5 } - Socrates should rather die than live in Sicily.
Socrates has the Laws first address the question of whether the action itself is wrong by breaking a just agreement. See 50a-53a. Only after determining that the action is wrong do they consider the consequences in 53a-54a.
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Which of the following reasons for not escaping from prison do the Laws give to Socrates.
{ 1 } - One must judge an act only by its consequences.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is sometimes acceptable.
{ 3 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the many.
{ 5 } - Socrates should rather die than live in Sicily.
Socrates holds the opposite position, and he has the Laws develop the argument that he has a just agreement with them. 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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Which of the following reasons for not escaping from prison do the Laws give to Socrates.
{ 1 } - One must judge an act only by its consequences.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is sometimes acceptable.
{ 3 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the many.
{ 5 } - Socrates should rather die than live in Sicily.
See 51c where Socrates has the laws say: "It is impious to bring violence to bear against your mother or father, it is much more so to use it against your country."
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Which of the following reasons for not escaping from prison do the Laws give to Socrates.
{ 1 } - One must judge an act only by its consequences.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is sometimes acceptable.
{ 3 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the many.
{ 5 } - Socrates should rather die than live in Sicily.
Socrates contradicts this position himself rather than having the Laws give it. See 47a-48a, especially 48a: "We should not then think so much of what the majority will say about us, but what he will say who understands justice and injustice, the one, that is, and the truth itself."
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Which of the following reasons for not escaping from prison do the Laws give to Socrates.
{ 1 } - One must judge an act only by its consequences.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is sometimes acceptable.
{ 3 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the many.
{ 5 } - Socrates should rather die than live in Sicily.
He does, however, have the laws point out the general difficulties of exile in 53b-e. But he says nothing about Sicily.
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