ETHICS INTERNET Egoism Reading Assignment: MacKinnon‚ Chapter 3 Thomas Hobbes‚ Self Love‚ pg. 45 Plato‚ Conclusion to the Ring of Gyges Objectives: Explain the difference between psychological and ethical egoism; Discuss the consistency and/or inconsistency of ethical egoism. Define the moral point of view List and describe the 3 levels of the soul Lecture: EGOISM What does egoism mean? A descriptive definition is “a theory that
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temptation of the ring is successful in a few ways. I will describe Thrasymachus and Glaucon’s idea about justice‚ and how Socrates discuss with them in terms of the justice of the city‚ justice of individual soul‚ his theory of forms and the importance of the knowledge of the good‚ and the sun analogy and the allegory of the cave. While Socrates discuss with Glaucon about just and unjust‚ Glaucon told a story about the ring of the Gyges. The story is a about a man named Gyges‚ he was a shepherd
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In order to further explain his views‚ Glaucon used the story of The Ring of Gyges. This story illustrated a man who had a powerful ring that allowed the user to become invisible. He used Gyges’ story to point out that we chose to be moral out of fear of the punishment or the damage made to our reputation and the consequences set by society. However‚ being invisible and consequentially immoral only brought Gyges gains that would only be of instrumental value. Glaucon does not undermine
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Name: ______Torrie Willis___________________ Date: __________10/24/2012_______________ ------------------------------------------------- World Literature I Exam II ------------------------------------------------- Plato I. General Questions • Write the letter of the correct answer for each question on the line provided. 1. Euthyphro is involved in a murder trial against whom? a. His father b. A domestic servant c. His brother d. Meletus ____a______
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He illustrates this point by using the example of the ring of Gyges. If two people both had the power to do whatever they wanted with no repercussions‚ as the ring of Gyges would allow them to do‚ Glaucon thinks that both would end up following the path of the unjust‚ and be better and happier for it. The just person wearing the ring could do unjust acts but still keep his reputation for justice. Glaucon says‚ “No one believes justice to be a
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Following on from Thrasymachus’ attack on justice‚ book 2 begins with Glaucon and Adeimantus drawing agreement to this attack‚ seeking however‚ to establish a more robust approach to why morality is unprofitable- distancing thus from the social contract theory. Glaucon divides the notion of the goods into three classes; the first class explores the instrumental kind‚ where things are only desirable in virtue of the consequences (necessary evil)‚ this evident in his examples of physical training and
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After Socrates explores the components of a just society‚ his reply to Glaucon is further explained by arguing for the soul’s division and also‚ more specifically‚ the account of the Tyrant. Plato has refuted each of Glaucon’s points in order to make Socrates reply more successful. The tyrannical man is the most unjustly man. He indulges in all his pleasures and sinks further into degeneracy (578a). Because of his desires and conflict to suffice his desires‚ he is left to resort to unjustly and
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quickly lead to mayhem within a country. This is shown in the text with the story of The Ring of Gyges. The Ring of Gyges is a story of which the person whom wears the ring is invisible and able to commit any action (The Republic). In my opinion‚ if people in our society had access to this ring‚ I think every person would commit unjust acts. Even the most just individual would turn to unjust actions. With this ring‚ it would bring out the worst in every person and give him or her the ability to give
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Shikeuria Richardson BUSI 3002 Ethical Leadership Course Walden University 11 November 2017 Assignment 1: Ethical Leadership Ethics is the philosophical term concerned with describing and prescribing moral requirements and behaviors. It is the code of values and principles that guide individuals with respect to what is right or wrong. Leadership is defined as the art of persuading an individual or group to want to do things or activities that a leader sets as goals. Therefore‚ it is the role
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In The Republic by Plato‚ it revolves around the unknown concept of justice and throughout the book‚ attempts to illustrate what is justice with the soul-state analogy. This analogy presents Plato’s definition on justice by method of debate through a conversation between individuals to eliminate inconclusive premises‚ known as the Socratic method. Therefore‚ by assessing components of this analogy: myth of metals‚ tripartite of the human soul and different city-character pairs‚ it allows one to understand
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