Plato's Apology

Socrates argues that the _ life is not worth living.

Unexamined

To Socrates, philosophy is the practice of?

Questioning oneself and others to uncover truth and moral value

Moral and intellectual reflection is essential to a?

Meaningful human life

Philosophy is not just abstract theorizing; it is an active process of?

Questioning oneself and others to uncover truth

Socrates challenges Athenians on the nature of justice and virtue, showing that many who claim knowledge actually?

Do not know what they claim

Virtue is?

Knowledge

Wrongdoing comes from?

Ignorance

To know the good is to do the?

Good

Malice is not responsible for?

Wrongdoing

Moral failings are thus remedied through education and?

Self-reflection

Ethical development is fundamentally intellectual rather than purely?

Emotional or social

Socrates critiques Athenian democracy insofar as it allows the unwise majority to make critical?

Moral and political decisions

Socrates trial exposes tension between truth-seeking and?

Popular opinion

There is tension between pursuing truth (philosophical inquiry) and obeying the popular opionion of?

The masses

Socrates positions himself as a gadfly, necessary for the moral health of the state, even at the cost of?

His own life

A gadfly is someone who who persistently challenges the status quo by asking annoying, probing questions or offering criticisms, stimulating?

Action or change

A society benefits from critical, independent thinkers who challenge?

Complacency

Socrates claims he only seeks truth and encourages virtue in others; thus, he has no intent to?

Corrupt the youth

Socrates believes impiety (not believing in the gods of Athens) is a misinterpretation; he follows divine mission to?

Philosophize

Socrates suggests that he cannot stop philosophizing without betraying his moral duty, highlighting a tension between individual conscience and?

State law

Socrates demonstrates that the highest moral duty may require resisiting?

Unjust legal authority