Ethic What, if any, is the relationship between morality and happiness?
Oct. 25: First Paper Due, 4-6 pages
Paper Topic: What, if any, is the relationship between morality and happiness?
You may present one of the views expressed by a philosopher we have discussed in class, or you may develop and present your own view on the topic. You must present at least one possible objection to whichever view you initially present, and then you must respond to the objection on behalf of the initial view. At the very least, the response to the objection should be your original work.
Kant, Groundwork, Preface, and Section I
http://www.inp.uw.edu.pl/mdsie/Political_Thought/Kant%20-%20groundwork%20for%20the%20metaphysics%20of%20morals%20with%20essays.pdf
Mill, Utilitarianism, chapters IV-V
http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/mill1863.pdf
Mill, Utilitarianism, chapters I-III
http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/mill1863.pdf
Aristotle, Nichomachian Ethics, book V and X
https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/files/Nicomachean_Ethics_0.pdf
Aristotle, Nichomachian Ethics, book I-II
https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/files/Nicomachean_Ethics_0.pdf
Plato, The Last Days of Socrates, The Apology
http://www.sjsu.edu/people/james.lindahl/courses/Phil70A/s3/apology.pdf
Excerpt from Plato’s Gorgias
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/gorgias.html