Reading A Short History of Ethics Chapters 5-6 and answering some Reading Questions
1. What inquiry or request does the Republic open with?
2. How does one understand a concept?
3. What are the three classes of citizens in Plato’s Republic? What two beliefs is his class system based on?
4. How does Plato’s doctrine of the soul relate to his doctrine of the state? What are the soul’s three parts?
5. What is the relationship between the four cardinal virtues and the different social classes?
6. What is justice for the state? What is justice for the individual soul?
7. Why is the philosopher-king most equipped to rule?
8. What is MacIntyre’s critique of Plato?
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