Crito Case

In Crito, the life of Socrates shows an example of how individuals look for justification in their moral actions. In this section of The Trial and Death of Socrates, Socrates uses reason to determine whether doing a specific action is truly right or wrong. What plays a big part in all of this is opinion and the argument that follows. The problem with the views of opinions starts in 46d when Socrates questions Crito and states "that one should greatly value some people's opinions, but not others." Crito agrees with this as well as "one should value the good opinions, and not the bad ones." How can one determine which opinion is good and what opinion is bad? To me it's impossible. I also think each opinion of every person should be taken into consideration. Everyone has their own thoughts, so why don't you listen to what they have to say? I think all of their statements are false especially when Socrates states that some opinion is right and some opinion is wrong. Again, opinion is not fact so regardless of what one says, it cannot be decided which is correct opinion.

The decision in the previous argument of right & wrong is what is the actual truth of the current matter. Socrates brings in the thought of the difference between true opinion and false opinion. To determine this, one needs to use argument and reason. Once again, I have to disagree with Socrates. I still do not see how one opinion can be seen as true or false. Trying to understand this, he is thinking that because what the majority of a population or society says is true, it has to be, but can it really be said that it is true and right? Socrates is a very deep, thoughtful man that I will never truly understand. Everything goes in circles and nothing is ever clearly stated to help back up the ideas being expressed.