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  Answer the following questions related to the readings.

THE MEANING OF ETHICS

        1.  Describe mind tyrants and explain their significance to the study of ethics.  Identify two original examples of mind tyrants.  (Use Dr. Warner recording as well as any research you choose to respond to this question.)

         2.   Referring to the story about virtue, what did Socrates' answer to Mento mean relative to Sir Thomas More’s belief in virtue? (Use Dr. Warner recording as reference.)

CHOOSING A MAP FOR LIFE:

        3.   Explain Peck's analogy of life being like a map.  (Use reading " Choosing A Map for Life" from Scott M. Peck's THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

LIVING IN A CAVE:

        4.   How does Plato show that ignorance of our prejudices predisposes one to reject reality?  (Use Plato's "Living in a Cave" reading).  

        CUSTOM  VS. MIND:       

        5.  Write a 2-4K (1-2 typed pages) response answering the question, "Is the mind or is custom the primary source of moral conduct?"  In your response you should identify the relationship of the mind and custom to moral conduct, then choose which you think is of more importance and defend your answer.

      6. Explain the major point of emphasis for ethical conduct discerned from the reading of "The Stanford Prison Study" (Warner text) and "If Hitler Asked You..." (Reading