17. Ancient Ethics Personalities and their ethical ideas.

Question 1

1.Buddha (“ A disciplined mind brings happiness “)

Answer 1

1. Radical egalitarianism.
2. Inclusive Compassion.
3. Personal Dimension of Ethics.
4. Happiness is a myth.
5. Noble Paths to ethical living.

Question 2

2.Mahavira (“All creatures have equal moral right to live”)

Answer 2

1. Non-violence
2. Self-Discipline.
3. Truthfulness as highest personal virtue.
4. Universal love.

Question 3

3.Kautilya (“Learn from the mistakes of others , you can’t live enough to make them all yourself” )

Answer 3

1. Basic principles of administration.
2. Moral duties of rulers.
3. Realism.
4. Corruption as bane to governance.

Question 4

4.Thiruvalluvar(“Truth is speaking words that cause no harm to anybody “)

Answer 4

1. Universal ethics
2. Importance of moral values and ethical codes
3. Mutual dependency of personal and public life.
4. Code of Good life.

Question 5

5.Adi Sankara (“The self is beyond time, space and objects “)

Answer 5

1. Idea of universal being.
2. Argumentative tradition.
3. Disattached engagement with the world .

Question 6

6.Panini (“ Grammar is the science of language “

Answer 6

1. Growth of modern linguistics.
2. Roots of algorithm.
3. Popularized Sanskrit as language of masses in ancient times.

Question 7

7.Confucious (“ I want you to be everything that’s you , deep at the centre of your being “)

Answer 7

1. Family should be valued.
2. Ethics of relationships.
3. People must learn to act ethically.
4. Educated man should hold rank and position.

Question 8

8.Socrates (“The unexamined life is not worth living “)

Answer 8

1. Art of dialogue.
2. The right insight lead to right action.
3. Human reason is eternal.
4. Man can value his inner conscience and truth more than life.
5. It’s difficult to be virtuous.

Question 9

9.Plato (“Human beings are cave dwellers in a play of shadows”)

Answer 9

1. Importance of abstract thinking.
2. The world we live is perfect.
3. We experience inner conflicts while making ethical decisions.
4. State policy should be based on justice and equality.

Question 10

10.Aristotle(“This world is real, ideas are shadow of thing it contains”)

Answer 10

1. The golden mean.
2. Identified happiness as an important goal of ethical development.
3. Moral goodness is the result of habit.
4. Man is a political animal.
5. To be persuasive is the responsibility of learned man.