Some men are motivated by beauty, others by justice, still others by the truth. But what if someone just wants to get by and not be miserable? What if someone wants the security afforded by the modern state only - an avoidance of pain more than anything else, the feeling that one is doing one's best within limits? In striving for beauty, or justice, or the Good one typically ends up challenging any number of norms. The teaching Socrates ultimately pushes on Crito, however, is "Obey the law no matter what."