Socrates and his “MORAL INTELLECTUALISM”:

Socrates was a philosopher and a teacher who taught moral in Athens in the s. V b. C. He discussed many times with the sophists philosophers because he was not agreeing with their philosophical ideas and relativistic attitudes. He claimed that there is an absolute truth that lets us understanding what means moral values like: Good, justice, beauty and happiness. Because nobody born knowing the meaning of those ideas. 

Socrates thought that the best way to understanding and getting that truth was through dialogue. A conversation between teacher and student because it allows, using the correct questions and answers, understanding the real meaning of moral values. If, at least, we know that truth we will be virtuous person and this was the real goal for citizens. Virtue is living a respectful life to the laws of the city and society. 

He defended the idea that we only can be virtuous if we understand what is virtuosity. For that reason his philosophy is called moral intellectualism because the knowing is in the core of his system. So, for this philosopher, there are not bad people just  ignorants that need to get the absolute truth and being virtuous. 
 

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