The Apology By Socrates

Conscription has been around throughout centuries and is used within modern society when necessary. With conscription being a controversial topic, societies negative view is due to lack of education in regards to conscription; which has lead to neglect of an eighteenth and nineteenth century political ideology in need of reform. In Plato’s writing “The Apology,” Socrates is on trial for “infecting the youth” (Solomon 8). In an attempt to defend in his innocence to the court, Socrates elucidates, “It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury, it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness for it runs faster than death”(Solomon 3). Socrates here touches on the topic of integrity and honor, which he later exemplifies through his