How do Confucius and Mo Tzu define the good life? How do they advise pursuing it? What conditions do Confucius and Mo Tzu consider to be prerequisite for the good life? Why? Where does authority and/or credibility originate for Confucius and Mo Tzu? Compare and contrast Zhuangzi with Mozi and Confucius. What does Zhuangzi have to say about achieving the good life? Choose your favorite story from the reading and discuss its meaning and why you enjoyed it. Explain the Socratic Method. Explain the Socratic Problem Write short definitions and examples for all the branches of philosophy What are your primary reasons for establishing the government? Aristocracy, Monarchy, Olicacry What form of government will you choose? How and why is the form of government you've chosen suitable for the population you've chosen? What will you do to defend your territory? If you find your society is not sustaining itself, will you seek to expand or would you try to cooperate with neighboring regions? What is a "state of nature" argument? Do you think it is a useful thought experiment? Why or why not? What is a "social contract"? What is your opinion of the concept of "tacit consent"? What is "sovereignty"? Discuss the relative merits of sovereignty being contained in an individual, or the citizenry. Briefly outline the Principle of Utility and the differences between Bentham and Mill's treatment of the principle. What is a consequentialist view of morals/ethics? What does it mean for a moral/ethical framework to be non-consequentialist? Which aspects of Mill's description of Utilitarianism are rationalist? Which are empiricist?