Sivil İtaatsizlik ve Erdem: Sokrates Odağında Bir İrdeleme
Civil Disobedience and Virtue: An Examination Focusing on Socrates

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the concepts of civil disobedience and virtue were discussed in relation to Socrates who is known as the first philosopher to bring virtue into the interest of philosophy and claimed to be the first civil disobedient. In this context; Socrates’ stance or attitude is discussed in association with virtue, obedience, disobedience and civil disobedience. A question about justice is carried out in relation to the content and meaning of the concept of virtue for Socrates. In addition, the discussion of law-morality is being mentioned in accordance with the path of pursuit of “law administering justice” which has a substantial space in the literature of civil disobedience. By making conceptual associations and ensuing discussions throughout the study, it is claimed that the concept of virtue has a key role in sustaining the law’s position to reach justice.

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