Exercise: Ancient Psychologists
In this activity, students will put the psychological theories of the Bhagavad Gita and / or the Republic to use.
In this activity, students will put the psychological theories of the Bhagavad Gita and / or the Republic to use.
This activity asks students to evaluate the argument against Buddhism’s stance on desire presented in a poem by Molly Peacocke.
This essay assignment asks students to connect ideas they’ve learned from studying the Dhammapada to Aung San Suu Kyi’s essay “Freedom from Fear.”
This lesson has two main purposes. The first is to illustrate to students how one could apply the Kantian argument that one should not treat others merely as means. This is done by introducing them to an open letter written by the early feminist and abolitionist writer and activist Angelina Grimké in 1838 in which she explicitly argues that men have treated women as mere means. The second is to draw attention, in a way meaningful for students, to the fact that when we think about right and wrong, we often fail to consider others in really problematic ways that later seem obviously mistaken.
Can a morally great / virtuous person choose the right thing to do in every situation all by herself, or does she need to follow moral rules as guides?
What should a person do if her parents commit a crime? Should she immediately turn them into the authorities?