“Are we to say that we should never do evil intentionally, or that in some way we should not do evil, or that doing evil is always evil and dishonorable, as I just said. I say it now, and as we have already recognized? (Dover p. 49) » Socrates' standard is that he refuses to see justice as an eye for an eye. He believes that logical arguments and persuasion should constitute the defense of the accused. Socrates believes that since he cannot convince those who ruled against him, that there is no choice but to pay the sentence he was sentenced to.