1 Towards the beginning of this passage‚ Socrates gets Laches to agree to a new definition of courage. What is it? (5 marks) In the beginning of the passage Socrates gets Laches to agree that wise endurance is the definition of courage “Socrates: so according to your account‚ wise endurance will be courage. Laches: so it seems”. 2 What conclusion do Socrates and Laches reach at the end of the passage? Why might Laches be surprised by this conclusion? (5 marks) By the end of the passage
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All in One: Knowledge‚ Opinion‚ and Teaching Phil-290-07 February 17‚ 2012 Knowledge and opinion essentially form the entire dialogue of Plato’s Meno. Throughout the dialogue Socrates and Meno are on the search for whether virtue can be taught. From Socrates and Meno’s search for virtue‚ the importance of understanding knowledge and opinion becomes evident. Socrates and Meno’s search for virtue results in three themes. These themes are the relationship of knowledge
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The term social policy refers to a set of guidelines‚ policies‚ legislation‚ principles and activities that essentially affect human welfare. The development of these policies comes from within the communities; the policies need to develop to meet the needs‚ welfare and wellbeing of the population‚ from local government to national government (Alcock 2003). Social policy was introduced after the Second World War; there was a desperate need for key public services at this time. In its very early
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English 104 10/1/2014 The Irony of Socrates Socrates was thought to be ahead of his time. At the time‚ the citizens of Athens believed that their government had the ultimate power and nothing could be higher. So of course when one person chose to believe another view‚ the government became a part of the situation to maintain a sense of peace thorough the nation. This didn’t sit well with Socrates. He wanted as many people to know about his knowledge as possible because he had found scientific
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Sub areas of philosophy Metaphysics – what is? Epistemology – what can I know? Ethics – what ought to be? Logic- what is good reasoning? Plato Student of Socrates There are no recorded teaching of Socrates Plato three different periods- early middle and late Middle- what is ethics and what is morality? Morality- give back to what is due. Is morality the following of a rule or is it something more involved? Do you really achieve obedience by punishing? Thrasymuchas- morality is
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fertility as a population policy is necessary to maintain social stability. Discuss with reference to developing countries. Fertility refers to the number of children a woman has on average during the years she can reproduce. Social stability is where there’s social solidarity between the people and they work together to make society better. The reduction in the fertility as a population control policy is necessary to maintain social stability. However there are other policies that are necessary when
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Topic: Response and Social Policy paper on “Iatrogenic Government” The response to drug use in America and in some countries around the world seems to have an interesting history. As the author Daniel Patrick Moynihan describes the unintended consequences society faces when government does not deal effectively with issues of drugs in society. He provided several references that shows the historical and present connections to government interrelations and how many of these decisions have some
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In Crito‚ Socrates shows the importance of justice‚ as his life’s mission is to do just actions that do no harm one’s soul. In this short dialogue‚ Crito presents three arguments on why Socrates should escape. His first argument states that if Socrates would not leave Athens‚ it will affect his reputation: “On the contrary‚ not only I will lose a friend the like of whom I’ll never find again‚ but‚ in addition‚ many people‚ who don’t know you or me well‚ will think that I didn’t care about you‚ since
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SOCI 38 Social Control Essay Assignment Topic chosen: Tobacco and alcohol Consumption of tobacco and alcohol has long been proven to be harmful to one’s health‚ however it should be considered one’s liberty to smoke or drink and such acts are not considered “illegal” under laws. However‚ many countries have implement social control mechanisms in regulating smoking or drinking behavior‚ which raises controversy in the sense that smoking and drinking could be seen as “norms” in social gatherings
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the view that social science has no role in disease control. Social Sciences are the disciplines that use the scientific method to examine the social world‚ in contrast to the natural sciences‚ which examine the physical world. Examples of social sciences include economics‚ psychology‚ geography‚ communication studies‚ anthropology‚ law‚ history‚ and political science. Like the two sides of the coin‚ there are generally two school of thoughts about the role of the these social sciences in disease
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