Choose one of the following topics and write a one-page response.  You must use two sources and your paper must be done by MLA format.  

Socrates developed the dialectic method as a way of pursuing a true understanding of some basic concepts of justice or ethics. How did he use the method? Does it, could it, work?

Plato advocates a theory of Forms as a way of establishing a foundation for making true claims about reality. What is that? Is it (or some variation) convincing?

The “Ring of Gyges” story is at the center of a debate over whether justice is the product of authority (or power) or whether there is some objective principle of justice. Examine this debate and take a side.

Plato explores what he takes to be the difference between knowledge and opinion. Examine his definitions and argument. Is it convincing? Plato’s “allegory of the cave” is meant to illustrate how we are supposed to know reality. How does the allegory work? What does it show? Is Plato’s theory of knowledge convincing?

Aristotle attempted to bring knowledge into the world through focus on the “four causes.” Aristotle’s ethics is based on developing one’s character in a specific way. How do we know what counts as virtue? 

HUMANITIES RESEARCH PROJECT

CHOOSE A TOPIC BASED ON THE READINGS IN THE COURSE. SOME SUGGESTIONS ARE LISTED BELOW.

DEVELOP A THESIS STATEMENT. A STATEMENT THAT WILL BE YOUR FOCAL POINT OF YOUR RESEARCH

PAPER.

BEGIN THE RESEARCH PROCESS BY CHOOSING YOUR SOURCES. LOOK FOR JOURNALS, BOOKS, ARTICLES

AND WEBSITES. YOU SHOULD HAVE FIVE TO SEVEN SOURCES FOR YOUR FINAL PAPER AND ONLY ONE

CAN BE A WEBSITE.

YOUR FINAL PAPER SHOULD BE 5-7 PAGES AND WILL BE DUE IN WEEK 6.

SUGGESTTED TOPICS-YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR OWN TOPIC BUT IT MUST BE APPROVED.

TRACE THE ORIGIN OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

WHAT HISTORAL FIGURE IS IMPORTANT TO THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIVATION?

COMPARE AND/OR CONTRAST THE MESOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC ERA.

DISCUSS A SPECIFIC ARTIST FROM THE NEO-BABYLONIAN AND PERSIAN ERA.

DISCUSS ANY ASPECT OF GREEK RELIGION.

DISCUSS THE WORKS OF A SPECIFIC ARTIST OF THE GREEK CULTURE.

CHOOSE A RELIGION AND DISUCSS ITS HISTORY AND TENENTS

COMPARE AND OR CONTRAST TWO RELIGIONS.