No. 57 (2019): Julio-diciembre
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What Rules and Laws does Socrates Obey?

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  • David Lévystone
David Lévystone
Universidad Panamericana
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i57.1024

Published 2019-06-29

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Lévystone, D. (2019). What Rules and Laws does Socrates Obey?. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, (57), 399–430. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i57.1024
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Abstract

Socrates´ thought of justice and obedience to laws is motivated by a will to avoid the destructive effects of Sophistic criticisms and theories of laws. He thus requires–against theories of natural law–an almost absolute obedience to the law, as far as this law respects the legal system of the city. But, against legal positivism, Socrates would not admit that a law is just simply because it is a law: he is looking for the true Just. However, as often in Socratic philosophy, Socrates cannot accept that two equally justified and legitimate rights or moral values conflict.

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