- Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. And if so, we must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things. Undoubtedly. Then more than four citizens will be required.for the husbandman will not make his own plough or mattock. or other implements of agriculture, if they are to be good for anything. Neither will the builder make his tools-and he too needs many; and in like manner the weaver and shoemaker. True. Then carpenters, and smiths and many other artisans, will be sharers in our little State, which is already beginning to grow? How does the speaker support the validity of his claim about how a society develops? He shares his ideas for establishing a viable standard of living He describes the services that a given society would need He converses with someone who agrees with him He asserts that the community will expand.
- Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. And so at last instead of loving contention and glory. men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the rich man, and make a ruler of him, and dishonour the poor man. They do so. They next proceed to make a law which fixes a sum of money as the qualification of citizenship; the sum is higher in one place and lower in another.as the oligarchy is more or less exclusive; and they allow no one whose property falls below the amount fixed to have any share in the government. These changes in the constitution they effect by force of arms . if intimidation has not already done their work. Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More. Even the Syphogrants, though excused by the law,yet do not excuse themselves but work that bv their Mark this and return How do Plato and More discuss members of the ruling class differently? Plato draws on their inherent virtue, while More elaborates on their commitments to studying Plato exposes their harm to good society, while More describes how they will contribute. Plato praises their extreme loyalty, while More writes that they should connect with citizens. Plato tries to remedy the social divide, while More provides a plan for their governing style
- 1. Discuss the moral implications of Dr.Nemur's experimental surgery. What are the competing motivations behind Nemur's desire to perform and Charlie's agreement to undergo, the operation?
- Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More. The same trade generally passes down from father to son, inclinations often following descent: but if any man's genius lies another way he is, by adoption, translated into a family that deals in the trade to which he is inclined; and when that is to be done, care is taken, not only by his father, but by the magistrate, that he may be put to a discreet and good man: and if,after a person has learned one trade, he desires to acquire another, that is also allowed, and is managed in the same manner as the former. When he has learned both, he follows that which he likes best,unless the public has more occasion for the other. How does the use of logos halp develop the argument? by explaining why a person should pursue a specific career by exposing faults in the traditional method of job selection by showing what happens if someone is unsuited for work by describing why a society needs people to do certain jobs
- 3 Marriage has become less important in modern societies." a Explain this view. b Using sociological material, give one argument against this view.
