QUESTION 1
You have been assigned a mentor at school to guide you through your first semester in college. His name is Socrates. You have just told Socrates that you are taking 16 credits this semester, work full time, and love to go out on the weekends. However, you are not doing well in school, you are constantly late for work, and your significant other is ready to break up with you because you do not spend enough time with them.
Using Socrates’s concepts of the Tripartite Soul give an argument for what Socrates may say to you regarding how you should balance your life and be a proper citizen.
QUESTION 2
You are getting ready to sign up for your next semester and you have sought advising at VPCC. Your adviser is Aristotle. You work 40 hours a week, have a boyfriend / girlfriend, love spending time with your family, and having time alone reading and watching movies. What advice would Aristotle give you in order for you to be virtuous and an excellent student? Keep Aristotle’s ‘Golden Mean’ in mind and be complete.
QUESTION 3
According to Epicurus, what is the human body made of? Why does Epicurus think this should change your outlook on life, death, and the Gods?
QUESTION 4
John works between 60 and 70 hours a week at the naval ship yard. His family has a large house, eat out often, and they have three cars. Despite being one of the most wealth people in his neighborhood, John is miserable. Epicurus, a money and philosophical advisor has sat down with him to make a plan to eleviate his misery. Outline Epicurus’s plan for John and why he thinks it would make him happier.
QUESTION 5
Audry, a liberal Feminist, and Katie, a Difference Feminist, have just found out that she is making 4,000 dollars less than their co-worker (David) makes. David does the same job and has the same productivity as Audry and Katie. Both females decide to argue to her boss for a raise. What argument should Audry give while staying true to her version of Liberal Feminism (such as that argued by Simon De Bovier)? In addition, what argument would Katie give while remaining true to her version of Difference Feminism (such as argued by Carol Gilligan)?
QUESTION 6
Epictetus is attending a funeral for his closest and most sincere student, Arrian. Arrian had been a student of Epictetus in his youth and his sudden death is a shock to everyone. At the funeral, Epictetus, is, of course, unperturbed. Arrian’s mother is upset at Epictetus for his lack of emotions and begin’s berating Epictetus for being so stone faced.
After listening to Arrian’s mother until she finished, Epictetus responds to her, not only about her berating him, but about why his response to Arrian’s death is appropriate. Please give both arguments as Epictetus would have given them – be complete.
