Explain how Confucius or Chuang Tzu or a Buddhist would support or condemn the decision Socrates made.

Write a critical position essay on one of the topics given below. Your assignment should be double spaced. Make certain that your documentation is complete and that you take every effort to acknowledge intellectual indebtedness. it right to act in one’s own best interest, or to obey the state? In other words, was Socrates right to obey the orders of the state of Athens to take poison, or should he have acted to preserve his own life by choosing exile or escaping? Explain how Confucius or Chuang Tzu or a Buddhist would support or condemn the decision Socrates made.Using the books:Apology by SocratesPhaedo by PlatoChuang Tzu Basic WritingsThe Analects by Confucious translated by Arthur WaleyMitchell, Helen Buss. “The Bodhisattva and the Hungry Tigress and Parinirvana”, from Buddhist Scriptures, pp. 56-62. In Roots of World Wisdom: A Multicultural Reader. 2nd ed. Toronto: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1999.(Note: You could also find alternative versions through a web search.)Koller, John M., and Patricia Joyce Koller. “The Buddha’s Teachings: The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path”, pp. 140-149. In Asian Philosophies. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.Koller, John M., and Patricia Joyce Koller. “Interdependent Arising”, pp. 151-165. In Asian Philosophies. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.(Note: “Pratītyasamutpāda” is a good supplementary reading.)