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Philosophy Question

Overview

Plato's "Euthyphro".

 What’s going on there? Who is involved in the discussion? Who are the main characters? What do you think the author is trying to say? Do you agree with him/her if yes/no why? What did/didn’t you like about it and why? You should make references to pages of the given book only. No need to mention the author or the title. Simply p. # in the text. 

What are the main ethical dilemmas and theories discussed? Why do you think this book can be relevant today?  

1.Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction: Harry J. Gensler. New York: Routledge, 2011 978-ISBN: 0415803885

  1. Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?. Michael J. Sandel. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010 ISBN: 978-14272081

Additional Electronic books available online (selected chapters)

3.The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice and Religious creativity. Willis Jenkins. (Washington DC: George Town University press, 2013)

  1. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant
  2. The Routledge Companion to Ethics. John Skorupski ed.

6.Comparative Religious Ethics, A Narrative Approach to Global Ethics, Darrel J. Fasching et. al. (Blackwell Publishing, 2011)

  1. The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke
  2. Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche
  3. Euthypro, Plato
  4. The Republic, Plato
  5. Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle