However, learning this skill doesn’t make you a good person just because one can talk doesn’t mean he will do good with it. Such as Hitler was a master of oratory, but yet he used it to try an eradicate the Jews. Hitler committed mass genocide by leading people with his words convincing them it was good to committee this horrible crime. While there is people who use such skills for good such as Martin Luther King who used his oratory skills to help his people become free. Although Martin Luther King used his skills for good doesn’t mean anyone who learns oratory makes them a good person. If one can talk he might be able to help his society but that doesn’t make him necessarily good. It would let him have an advantage over the people who are not as prepared as he is at oratory. Socrates believes that oratory can’t be righteous without philosophy, by itself it cannot be good it would need guidance for it to be righteous. This statement supports my argument that one learning oratory would not make him a good person. Oratory is very useful throughout life but just because one knows how to talk doesn’t make them a good
However, learning this skill doesn’t make you a good person just because one can talk doesn’t mean he will do good with it. Such as Hitler was a master of oratory, but yet he used it to try an eradicate the Jews. Hitler committed mass genocide by leading people with his words convincing them it was good to committee this horrible crime. While there is people who use such skills for good such as Martin Luther King who used his oratory skills to help his people become free. Although Martin Luther King used his skills for good doesn’t mean anyone who learns oratory makes them a good person. If one can talk he might be able to help his society but that doesn’t make him necessarily good. It would let him have an advantage over the people who are not as prepared as he is at oratory. Socrates believes that oratory can’t be righteous without philosophy, by itself it cannot be good it would need guidance for it to be righteous. This statement supports my argument that one learning oratory would not make him a good person. Oratory is very useful throughout life but just because one knows how to talk doesn’t make them a good