Ethics Reader

TABLE OF CONTENTS
RATIONALE AND INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………… i
THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS
Thucydides
From History of the Peloponnesian War.................................................................................1
Plato
From Apology (c. 360 B.C.).................................................................................................5
From Crito (c. 360 B.C.) ...................................................................................................10
From Republic (c. 360 B.C.) ..............................................................................................17
Aristotle
From Nicomachean Ethics (350 B.C.)................................................................................53
From Politics (350 B.C.).....................................................................................................71
Hippocratic Oath ........................................................................................................................74
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
The Bible
Genesis
From Chapter 2.......................................................................................................75
From Chapter 3.......................................................................................................75
From Chapter 4.......................................................................................................77
From Chapter 17.....................................................................................................77
From Chapter 22.....................................................................................................78
Exodus
From Chapter 6.......................................................................................................79
From Chapter 20.....................................................................................................79
From Chapter 21.....................................................................................................80
From Chapter 22.....................................................................................................81
Deuteronomy
From Chapter 4.......................................................................................................82
From Chapter 7.......................................................................................................82
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