1) Read Plato’s Meno dialogue and write a 1-2 pg. response paper (typed, 12-pt. font, double-spaced). Pick at least one definition that Meno provides for virtue and explain. Does Socrates approve of the definition(s) you have chosen? Why or why not? Is there a definition of virtue presented in the dialogue that you favor? If so, then explain why you think this definition is preferable to (at least one) of the other definitions. If you cannot decide which definition of virtue that you prefer, then which definition do you believe Plato (the author of the dialogue) is defending? Why? Due December 17 at 11:59 PM

2) Read Plato’s Crito dialogue and write a 1-2 pg. response paper (typed, 12-pt. font, double-spaced). What are some of the reasons that Socrates gives Crito for not escaping from prison? Are these good reasons? Is Socrates convincing? Why or why not? Also, Socrates provides a long list of reasons and arguments for choosing to stay behind, but is it possible that these reasons can all be reduced to one underlying principle? That is, does Socrates seem to be guided throughout the dialogue by a fundamental rule/law? If so, then what do you think this fundamental principle is? Explain. Due December 18 at 11:59 PM

3)Read the selection from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and write a 1-2 pg. response (typed, 12-pt. font, double-spaced). How does Aristotle define happiness? How does he distinguish his definition of happiness from other possible definitions? What do you understand by the term “happiness”, and how is this different from Aristotle’s conception? Do you think that Aristotle’s usage of the word is different from (or similar to) the way in which “happiness” is typically used today? Explain. Due December 19 at 11:59 PM

4) Please choose ONE of the prompts provided and write a detailed essay that fully addresses ALL of its questions/objectives. Your essay will be graded on accuracy, comprehension, logic, clarity, and originality. Due December 21 at 11:59 PM

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