Order Instructions
Read: THE MEANING OF ETHICS
CHOOSING A MAP FOR LIFE by M. Scott Peck
LIVING IN A CAVE by Plato
SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH
“IF HITLER ASKED YOU…”
“CONFORMITY”
“SOURCE OF BELIEFS” WARNER CASES: #2 STANFORD PRISON
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.
2. Referring to the story about virtue, what did Socrates’ answer to Mento mean relative to Sir Thomas More’s belief in virtue?
CHOOSING A MAP FOR LIFE:
3. Explain Peck’s analogy of life being like a map.
LIVING IN A CAVE:
4. How does Plato show that ignorance of our prejudices predisposes one to reject reality?
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” and “If Hitler Asked You…”