Socratic Method/Michael Moore

One similarity I found between Socrates and Michael Moore was their style of proving their point. Throughout the whole documentary Michael Moore questions people and the government. He asks about gun control, why people think Canada has less shootings than America, and many others. Socrates is similar in the way that he asks questions to Crito about justice and escaping from the jail. Both of the men are asking questions to get a point across.

Quote from Crito

“Are we to say that we are never intentionally to do wrong, or that in one way we ought and in another way we ought not to do wrong, or is doing wrong always evil and dishonourable, as I was just now saying, and as has been already acknowledged by us?” (pg 49) I chose this quote because I felt it related to me in a way that could help me in the future. Even though many will say what you are doing is wrong, good may come of it. So you should stand up for what you believe in.

Dialogues of Plato Quote

"...and they [charges] were made by them in the days when you were more impressible than you are now--in childhood, or it may have been in youth--and the cause when heard went by default, for there was none to answer." I found that this quote relates to me because when I was younger I believed and thought that what adults and people I looked up to told me was 100% true. Kids will believe anything you tell them and can't think for themselves and what they will choose to believe or not to believe until they develop those skills.

Reflection

When looking back on this year so far, I think that my favorite part was in the beginning of the year when we discussed Lord of the Flies and White Fang. I know if I would have read those books on my own I would not have thought about the connection of man and evil. I really enjoyed discussing whether man is inherently evil or is man's behavior based on society. Senior Social really makes me think about the books or packets we are reading and see the deeper meaning. I also like reading Inherit the Wind. I like talking about the symbolism we see in the book compared with life. I never liked symbolism before this class, but now that I can understand what is going on I really like it. Even though the packets are sometimes hard to read, I have liked those too. The Law and Justice packet really made me think of whether they are separate or together and I never thought of it like that. I have enjoyed all of the topics we've done so far in this class.