By using Sophocles' "Antigone" and the life of Socrates, this paper
shows how a just
moral conviction can be defined, why an individual's just moral
convictions should
rise above the state and what would be the repercussions if a just moral conviction did not rise above the state. For the first, the
writer shows that a just moral conviction does not entail force, political coercion, and/or domination. For the second, an individuals just moral convictions should rise above the state because its source is from the gods and there would be no social
progress. For the last section, the writer uses a contemporary example of a state which does not give gays/lesbians full citizenship rights to show that if a just moral conviction does not rise above the state progress is inhibited.
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