Present a 4-pg  on your worldview of family, society, and…

Present a 4-pg  on your worldview of family, society, and…

Present a 4-pg  on your worldview of family, society, and political

philosophy looking at it through the lens of the philosophers we have discussed this week. Remember, your personal philosophy is right for you, you do not have to agree with these scholars or anyone in the class. Please respect yourself enough to state your case, and others enough to allow them to state theirs.

Sample questions you may discuss (but you can come up with your own):

-How do I see Plato’s philosophy in The Republic in the society where I live?
-I think Aristotle/Plato/St. Aquinas most represents my town/family because…
-Explain, compare, and contrast your personal philosophy with that of one of these men.
-St. Thomas was wrong because… (same for Plato and Aristotle)
-Summarize each of the three philosophers’ position and explain how you see each of them around you in different ways.
-Create your own topic based on one, two, or all these men. Do not simply write a biography-paper. The purpose is for you, as a college student, to dive deeper than a biography.

Levin, M. (2012). Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America. NY: Simon and Schuster, Inc. Available at  http://academic.udayton.edu/LawrenceUlrich/Leadership370/Plato%27s%20Republic%20and%20The%20Perfect%20Society.pdf

Burnyeat, M.F. (1997). Culture and Society in Plato’s Republic. The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. Harvard University. Available at https://tannerlectures.utah.edu/_documents/a-to-z/b/Burnyeat99.pdf