Post by mcantu on Mar 6, 2016 23:47:00 GMT
ESSAY QUESTION 1: Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
Socrates was sentenced to death for two reasons that were considered some of the highest crimes of the day. Socrates was on trial as he was accused of not believing in the gods recognized by the state. and for corrupting the Athenian youth with the things that he taught them. During the trial Socrates defended himself. For the charge against the gods he makes many fair points the most notable that being pious is a matter of opinion and is different with each person, and each god can have a different requirement of this so called piety. He says “but now it would seem that what is loved by the gods is also hated by them”(MSAC, p.13) With this statement he is working to get the court and the prosecutor to understand that no one can say what is pious and what isn’t. Throughout the entire trial Socrates defended himself with similar speeches which give the truth that everything that his accusers had said was untrue but he did not work in any way to say he was not guilty as well. Socrates was found guilty of the crimes by the judges then sentenced to death.
ESSAY QUESTION 2: Why is there a conflict (for some) between science and religion?
In the argument of science versus religion one of the main conflicts that is always seen is how people explain or prove a happening. This is not the case with most of the world around us. Even those who believe that there is a higher power that made the world see that trees, air, animals, basically everything comes from some scientific place. The arguments begin when it comes to events that are considered phenomena. How the universe began is one of the biggest phenomena that is still argued today. In the text, The Great Mystery: Matter vs. Spirit one quote covers what can be said to be used by the general population, not having picked one view of science or a deity, is a eliminative materialism. “Simply put, if the phenomena cannot be explained fully and comprehensively by mathematics, then one turns to physics, and if that too is incomplete, then to chemistry, then to biology, then to psychology, then to sociology, etc. The old joke is that if none of these academic disciplines can explain it then it is perfectly okay to say, ‘Well, God did it’” (Diem-Lane, p.21) Conflict between science and religion simply comes down the view of how the universe began.
Reference:
MSAC Philosophy Group. How Socrates Died. Trans. Henry Cary. Walnut, CA: MSAC Philosophy Group, 2014
Diem-Lane, Andrea, and David C. Lane. The Great Mystery. Walnut, CA: MSAC Philosophy Group, 2014.
Socrates was sentenced to death for two reasons that were considered some of the highest crimes of the day. Socrates was on trial as he was accused of not believing in the gods recognized by the state. and for corrupting the Athenian youth with the things that he taught them. During the trial Socrates defended himself. For the charge against the gods he makes many fair points the most notable that being pious is a matter of opinion and is different with each person, and each god can have a different requirement of this so called piety. He says “but now it would seem that what is loved by the gods is also hated by them”(MSAC, p.13) With this statement he is working to get the court and the prosecutor to understand that no one can say what is pious and what isn’t. Throughout the entire trial Socrates defended himself with similar speeches which give the truth that everything that his accusers had said was untrue but he did not work in any way to say he was not guilty as well. Socrates was found guilty of the crimes by the judges then sentenced to death.
ESSAY QUESTION 2: Why is there a conflict (for some) between science and religion?
In the argument of science versus religion one of the main conflicts that is always seen is how people explain or prove a happening. This is not the case with most of the world around us. Even those who believe that there is a higher power that made the world see that trees, air, animals, basically everything comes from some scientific place. The arguments begin when it comes to events that are considered phenomena. How the universe began is one of the biggest phenomena that is still argued today. In the text, The Great Mystery: Matter vs. Spirit one quote covers what can be said to be used by the general population, not having picked one view of science or a deity, is a eliminative materialism. “Simply put, if the phenomena cannot be explained fully and comprehensively by mathematics, then one turns to physics, and if that too is incomplete, then to chemistry, then to biology, then to psychology, then to sociology, etc. The old joke is that if none of these academic disciplines can explain it then it is perfectly okay to say, ‘Well, God did it’” (Diem-Lane, p.21) Conflict between science and religion simply comes down the view of how the universe began.
Reference:
MSAC Philosophy Group. How Socrates Died. Trans. Henry Cary. Walnut, CA: MSAC Philosophy Group, 2014
Diem-Lane, Andrea, and David C. Lane. The Great Mystery. Walnut, CA: MSAC Philosophy Group, 2014.