30 points – minimum 500 words W r i t i n g

• ESSAY 1: up to 30 points – MINIMUM 500 words – 800 / 3 paragraphsIn your own words, using support from your textbook readings: Which ONE of the 2 Ancient views influenced the Utilitarian philosophers? EXPLAIN HOW (similarities).
• ESSAY 2: up to 30 points – MINIMUM 500 words – 800 / 3 paragraphsIn your own words, using support from your textbook readings: Which ONE of the 2 Ancient views influenced Immanuel Kant’s philosophy? EXPLAIN HOW (similarities).

INFORMATION:

We discussed two modern philosophical views on Ethics and Justice from:

1. John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham – Utility Ethics and Utilitarian Justice
2. Immanuel Kant – Rationalist Theory of Value and Retributive Justice.

The modern philosophers (above) and their theories were each clearly influenced in many ways by ONE of the two Ancient groups of thinkers we recently studied: The Epicureans or The Stoics. While the modern views are not an exact copy of the ancients, there are many connections and examples of the inspiration and similar thinking from the Ancients to the Moderns.

REQUIREMENTS: (for each essay):

• Identify your pairing (which of the ancients inspired which modern view)
• Identify 3 connections and / or comparisons and explain them (one paragraph each) – minimum 500 words
• Use of quotations and / or paraphrasing from your textbooks to support your connections or the similarities that you’ve identified

NOTES:

• Quotations are used to support YOUR words…NOT to replace them.
• DO NOT use outside sources (see acceptable sources below)
• DO NOT use MLA or APA formal citation (text and page number is fine)
• Use font size 12, Times New Roman

EXAMPLE:

For quotations / paraphrasing from The Elements of Moral Philosophy:

“…each individual’s happiness gets equal consideration.” (EMP p.111)

or

For quotations / paraphrasing from The Great Conversation:

“There is no reason, then, to fear the gods.” (GC p.201)

SOURCES:

The Great Conversation: Chapter 8- “Happiness for the Many” (7th edition)

The Great Conversation: Chapter 11 – “Happiness for the Many” (8th edition)

The Great Conversation: Chapter 19 – “The Utilitarians” (7th edition)

The Great Conversation: Chapter 23 – “The Utilitarians” (8th edition)

The Elements of Moral Philosophy: Chapter 7 – “The Utilitarian Approach”

The Elements of Moral Philosophy: Chapter 9 – “Are There Absolute Moral Rules?”

The Elements of Moral Philosophy: Chapter 10 – “Kant and Respect for Persons”