Due: Monday, Feb. 18, by 1 p.m. Deliver papers to my mailbox in CH 300.
Description: Both
Plato and Aristotle propose a certain connection between the morality
(or justice) of the individual on the one hand, and the political life
of the community on the other. Describe this connection between
individual morality and communal politics in each case, showing both
the similarities (or shared assumptions) and the differences between
the two ancient thinkers. Forced to choose, whose perspective on human
nature and the ethics-politics relation do you agree with more, and
why? What about the ancient approach to ethics and politics in
general -- is this still possible, or necessary, today? Must we
live with a demoralized politics and an apolitical ethics?