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Plato, Socrates And The Removal Of Confederate Monuments, Scott Berman
Plato, Socrates And The Removal Of Confederate Monuments, Scott Berman
Conference on Philosophy and Theology
Both Plato and Socrates would support the removal of confederate monuments because they thought that it was bad for communities to endorse harmful ideas. However, their explanations as to how harmful ideas such as white supremacy and slavery are bad for the communities are different. I shall be arguing that Socrates, not Plato, got it right and why that makes a difference.