Overview
TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT
This assignment refers to the selection from Epictetus'
"Handbook" that is posted on Courseware (Canvas) or available in several versions on the web. The assignment itself is listed under "Assignments" in your Courseware site.
This will be the fifth letter grade assigned for this course.
Each student must receive at least a "pass"
on this
assignment.
Please rely on this text and your own interpretive skills. I do not expect, nor would I advise you to use other sources for this essay. If you do choose to consult any other sources, you must follow the standard citation practices to acknowledge those sources. We will be using a website that checks for originality of submitted essays to ensure the academic integrity of your essays.
This essay must be submitted electronically using the Courseware site by Tuesday, December 12 at 8 am. If you wish to know you grade in time to take it into consideration when deciding whether to do an optional make-up exam during the scheduled final exam period, you will need to submit it by midnight Saturday, December 9.
Here is the assignment:
1) WHAT MAKES SOMETHING "GOOD" FOR EPICTETUS?
IN LIGHT OF HIS VIEWS ON THAT QUESTION, EXPLAIN HIS VIEWS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
- EXTERNAL GOODS (e.g. health, wealth, prestige),
- TRADITIONAL DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ONE'S SOCIAL ROLE (e.g. as father or son, master or slave), AND
- ONE'S OWN CHARACTER AND MORAL VIRTUES (honesty, temperance, justice).
2) DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS THEORY? WHY OR WHY NOT?
sources, you must follow the standard citation practices to acknowledge those sources. We will be using a website that checks for originality of submitted essays to ensure the academic integrity of your essays.
This essay must be submitted electronically using the Courseware site by Tuesday, December 12 at 8 am. If you wish to know you grade in time to take it into consideration when deciding whether to do an optional make-up exam during the scheduled final exam period, you will need to submit it by midnight Saturday, December 9.
Here is the assignment:
1) WHAT MAKES SOMETHING "GOOD" FOR EPICTETUS?
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IN LIGHT OF HIS VIEWS ON THAT QUESTION, EXPLAIN HIS VIEWS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF a EXTERNAL GOODS (e.g. health, wealth, prestige),
- TRADITIONAL DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ONE'S SOCIAL ROLE (e.g. as father or son, master or slave), AND
- ONE'S OWN CHARACTER AND MORAL VIRTUES (honesty, temperance, justice).
2) DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS THEORY? WHY OR WHY NOT?
This essay should be submitted electronically using the Courseware site. It should have a length equivalent to 1-3 pages of 12 font double-spaced text in print (ca. 250-750 words).
Please be aware that this website will use an academic integrity software to make sure that this is your own original contribution. If it flags passages from the assigned text, that is fine (but even here, use quotation marks as appropriate). Do not copy from other sources or other persons' papers without attribution, since these are not acceptable, and it will flag them. I have also submitted this assignment to Al sites and am aware of their responses, including the errors they contain.
please no PLAGIARISM!! The college use TURNITIN