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At the trial of Socrates in Athens, 399 BC, Socrates has already been found guilty of impiety and corrupting the young men of Athens. In other words, he has criticized the government, and the leaders don’t like it. There is no prescribed sentence for these crimes. Instead, there is now a penalty phase of the trial and Socrates has to propose his own sentence. Then court decides between Socrates’ proposal and that of the prosecutor, which is death. The court probably would have expected him to propose exile from Athens, and they very likely would have accepted that. However, Socrates decides to be punished by death, to show all people what means to be truly human with wisdom.
Based on the context of his speech at trial, it's not a determination that life itself isn't worth living if it's unexamined, but that for someone who has spoken of virtue and examined their lives- what it mean to be human, to have to continue their lives while renouncing father examination would not be worth living. It would be like having to give up a part of your identity, the part that tells you who you are, and gives you the hope that you will never stop growing and learning in your life. If human would have to give up your self-consciousness, consider that he was right and that such a restrained life may not be worth living. If a man/woman is to be free in their lives, then they must be free thinkers along the way, and show “love of wisdom”. Of course, as Socrates demonstrated in his own life and death being fully human can be extremely challenging.
With this challenge, Socrates sets moral philosophy, as we understand it, in motion. For the first time, it is not good enough for a man to merely understand and examine the universe that surrounds him. Now, a man must also understand and examine the universe that dwells within his own soul. The soul is the major focus of Socrates' philosophy – “Make your first and chief concern not for your bodies or for your possessions, but for the