themselves. Plato‚ who helped lay the foundation for western culture‚ saw the problems in art over 2‚000 years ago. Plato’s The Republic is a series of books that discusses the republic that Plato is trying to create. In each book Plato touches on different topics dealing with the art‚ that he feels effect society then. Today‚ some of the points that Plato argue can still be argued. Plato looks only at the negative effects that art can have‚ rather than the positive effects. In Book II‚ Plato focuses
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Comparing the political theories of any two great philosophers is a complex task. Plato and Aristotle are two such philosophers who had ideas of how to improve existing societies during their individual lifetimes. While both Plato and Aristotle were great thinkers‚ perhaps it is necessary first to examine the ideas of each before showing how one has laid the groundwork and developed certain themes for the other. Plato is regarded by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy. He fashioned
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Plato is known as one of the earliest thinkers on education. He believed that the key to a successful society is a strong educational system. The purpose of education according to Plato‚ is to produce good citizens for the benefit of society and to improve the moral quality of each citizen. With proper training focusing on literature‚ music‚ and mathematics a person would become well aware of what is morally acceptable and what has the potential to ruin society. Plato wanted all citizens to use
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2.1 How Different Cultures Have Different Moral Codes • Observed fact: different cultures have different moral codes o different things taboos and obligatory o even opposing things as the Darius anecdote illustrates among the Greeks one is morally obliged to cremate the dead one is morally forbidden to eat them among the Callatians one is morally obliged to eat the dead one is morally forbidden to burn them 2.2 Cultural Relativism • Relativist Conclusion drawn from facts like
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Apology‚ in greek‚ means ‘to give defense’ (###). In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates is blamed for numerous acts and elegantly defends himself in front of the court. To start off‚ he was first accused of studying astrology and demonology and passing his knowledge and beliefs to other people. His first response to this was blatantly asking who has heard him speaking of such acts: “…should tell each other if anyone of you has ever heard me discussing such subjects to any extent at all” (19d). He also claims
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Contributions It is believed that Plato‚ a student of Socrates‚ was one of the greatest contributors of philosophy. Proof of Plato ’s notoriety in the world of philosophy can be clearly seen with his dialogues and his renowned student Aristotle. Plato’s writings are in the form of dialogues‚ with Socrates as the principal speaker. With his theory of Forms‚ he had discussed a wide range of metaphysical and ethical questions while finding inherent connections between the two. Plato also considered epistemological
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Reiko Brady Intro to Political Science 8 March 2013 Idealism vs Realism Machiavelli says the prince only has to seem good‚ not be good. Plato insists that seeming is bad‚ being is good. Nicolo Machiavelli is known as being an realist who accepted that fact that humans are brutal‚ selfish‚ and fickle while Plato was an idealist who believed people could be ruled by a philosopher king who ruled over the warriors and tradesmen of his ideal republic with rationality. In his view the philosopher-king
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A10691383 Cultural relativism promotes understanding and acceptance of differences. Throughout history‚ various conflicts could have been lessened or avoided by encouraging cultural relativism. People throughout the world are greatly influenced by the cultural and environment in which they are raised. Moral and ethical standards and behavioral practices vary across cultures. Cultural relativism is an appealing theory; it should be the goal in terms of promoting tolerance and peace. Reaching that
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Moral Relativism vs. Moral Absolutes Paul Sartre’s atheistic existentialism divides the world into 2 groups‚ authentic and inauthentic. Authentic people are distinguished by their deliberate choices to use their freedom to find purpose and meaning in their existence‚ while inauthentic people are characterized by passivity. John Gardner disagrees with moral relativism evidenced in Sartre’s existentialism and chooses to believe in moral absolutes. He portrays Grendel in his book Grendel as a
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Plato Paper What is the nature of justice? Looking from Plato’s perspective justice can be broken down to its simplest forms. Plato starts where we start; with forms. Forms are the building blocks that build complex ideas and tell us the nature of those ideas. In this case Plato reveals his ideas on the nature of justice through forms. The nature of justice can be simplified to basic forms and rebuilt for everyone can understand. Early in discussion is the topic is consent. Consent
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