Executing an innocent 70-year-old philosophy might look bad but you had to be there.

Topics include:

Why a reasonable, well-intentioned Athenian may have voted to kill Socrates.

Why politics might get interested in you, even if you’re not interested in politics.

The difference between morality tales and philosophy tales.

Some people think that philosophy is an outrage to religion and a danger to morality. Was this why the Athenians killed Socrates? Are these ever good reasons to kill a philosopher? Do people say philosophy is dangerous just to make it sound sexier?

Socrates insults his jury, dares them to sentence him to death, then makes fun of them when they do.

Unswerving commitment to truth? Troll’s defence? Suicide by jury? All of the above?