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The Gad-fly at the Marketplace
Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
socrates
is one of the few individuals whom one could say have shaped the cultural and intellectual development of the world for without him, history would be profoundly different.
Socrates
“The Philosopher-King
plato
is one of the world’s best known and most widely read and studied philosophers.
plato
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
plato
“All or Nothing”
Aristotle
is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, contributing to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance, and theater.
aristotle
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim, and end of human existence.”
aristotle
“Duty based Ethics
Immanuel Kant
He is one of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western Philosophy.
immanuel Kant
founders of Utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
revolves around the concept of “the end justifies the means”.
“Utilitarianism
is a philosophy or belief suggesting that an action is morally right when the majority of people benefit from it.
Utilitarianism
The unseen force underlying our actions is our _____
belief system
follows the Hebrew Bible by taking a positive view of physical and human creation and by seeing God as deeply concerned with the ethical behavior of human creatures towards one another.
Christian religion
Jews believe there is one God, who not only created the world, but who every Jew should have an intimate and interpersonal relationship with.
Judaism
Judaism, which for its written law relies on the _____
Torah