Instructions: Write a 2500-word critical position essay on one of the topics given below. Your assignment should be double spaced. Make certain that your documentation is complete and that you take every effort to acknowledge intellectual indebtedness. It is worth 40 per cent of your final grade for this course.
Question: 1. Is it right to act in ones own best interest, or to obey the state? In other words, was Socrates right to obey the orders of the state of Athens to take poison, or should he have acted to preserve his own life by choosing exile or escaping? Explain how Confucius or Chuang Tzu or a Buddhist would support or condemn the decision Socrates made.
Write about Socrates and how Buddhist would support or condemn the decision Socrates made
Phaedo/Plato Book:
https://books.google.ca/books?id=mVBgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP5&lpg=PP5&dq=isbn-13:+978-0-915144-18-1&source=bl&ots=XGlPOboYdT&sig=ACfU3U1OOPQa0UPLJGCVAGTpDpbZcNjebg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt76DYqcz6AhWrAzQIHQR9Ct4Q6AF6BAgVEAM#v=onepage&q=isbn-13%3A%20978-0-915144-18-1&f=false
Ive attached the notes of Buddhism and commentaries on both Phaedo/Plato and Budhism. Plese dont copy from commentaries it is just for reference purposes