Diving Into Philosophy

    In Plato's dialogue "Phaedo", Phaedo is the narrator and he is re-telling a conversation that he had with Socrates before his death. The backstory is that Socrates has been sentenced to death by a trial and he will be killed by poison. In the conversation Socrates gives a clear view on what he believes the relationship between philosophy and death is. Socrates does not fear death in fact he even says, " any man who has the spirit of philosophy, will be willing to die, though he will not take his own life". Meaning that no man who is a true philosopher should take his own life, but instead wait until his time when he is summoned by God. Socrates believes that through philosophy it has lead him to view death as a sign of hope and not grief. This hope comes from the idea that there is something remaining for the dead and that those who die will meet new master and friends in another world. One of the important points that Socrates talks about is that if you are

 For hundred of years those of color have been facing social injustice. We have all learned about slavery and the disgusting treatment of those who were discriminated against. Unfortunately, these issues have not been corrected and although slavery has been abolished, African Americans are still being discriminated against. We see this discrimination on the levels of poverty, job opportunities, and overall basic human rights. Although we can't change the past we can learn from it and make sure that we put an end to racial inequality now.  The problem of racial inequality has not been fixed. This is very clear and in order to make a change we as a whole population need to come up with better ways to tackle the issue.  In Darby's article " Reparations and Racial inequality" he makes the argument that in order to see change in the short-term we need to step back from the traditional normative ideal. Darby does not believe that the reparations of money will be sufficient