DAY 77 - Ready to Recap Ethics?

So here is what you've done with Ethics so far....

From Chapter 13   You have studied and taken notes on all of the main schools of thought and philosophers from Ethics (see previous blog entries for details).

Step 1:

Now, your first task is to explain the 11 major schools of thoughts on the question of living a good life.  For each (Buddhism, Confucianism, Hedonism, Stoicism, Virtue Ethics, Thomists, Existentialism, Divine Command Theory, Utilitarianism, Egoism, Intuitionism, Post-modernism) school of thought make an organizer in your notes with the sub-headings below.  If you want to work with a buddy on this, no problem.

• Name the School of Thought
•  Brief History
•  Main proponents (philosophers)
•  Summary of  the School's Response
•  Strengths of the Response (your opinion)
• Weaknesses of the Response (your opinion)

Step 2:  Please complete the chart below: most philosophers address all the questions, some do not.
How Philosophers Answer the Main Ethical Questions

Are Moral Choices Possible?
Socrates: 
Epicurus: 
Thomas Aquinas:
Søren Kierkegaard:
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Jean Paul Sartre:
Jeremy Bentham:
John Stuart Mill:
Immanuel Kant:
Ayn Rand:


Why Do the Right Thing?
Socrates:
Epicurus:
Thomas Aquinas:
Søren Kierkegaard:
Friedrich Nietzsche: 
Jean Paul Sartre:
Jeremy Bentham:
John Stuart Mill:
Immanuel Kant:
Ayn Rand:

Can People Be Good Without Religion?
Socrates:
Epicurus:
Thomas Aquinas:
Søren Kierkegaard: 
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Jean Paul Sartre: 
Jeremy Bentham:
John Stuart Mill: 
Immanuel Kant: 
Ayn Rand:

How Should the Rightness or Wrongness of Actions be Determined?
Socrates: 
Epicurus:
Thomas Aquinas: 
Søren Kierkegaard: 
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Jean Paul Sartre: 
Jeremy Bentham: 
John Stuart Mill: 
Immanuel Kant: 
Ayn Rand: