Abstract
This paper revisits the trial of Socrates which is considered to be a
landmark in the history of Western Political and Legal thought. It is at the
source of our various political as well as moral conceptions. On the other hand,
the Eichmann Trial put an end to discrimination on the basis of race and
religion despite the various legal inconsistencies in it. Much has been written
covering a range of topics and multiple topics related to both these historically
important and game changing trials. The present paper, however, is an effort to
reinterpret various Socratic arguments presented in Plato’s Crito related to the
problem of ‘citizen in obedience’. The authors have intended to accomplish this
task with the help of ‘the Eichmann Trial’. The attempts have been directed at
highlighting the possible discrepancies in Socratic arguments in the dialogue
concerning the matter at hand.
Dr Shagufta Begum, Hafiz Muhammad Hammad Mushtaq. (2018) THE DILEMMA OF UNLIMITED OBEDIENCE TO LAWS: A RECONSIDERATION OF SOCRATIC TRIAL IN THE LIGHT OF EICHMANN TRIAL, Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 38, Issue 1.
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