Is the “examined life” the best path to the good life?

gDebate: Is the “examined life” the best path to the good life?
OBJECTIVES:
Demonstrate knowledge of the philosophical arguments presented in the required readings and lectures.
Apply philosophical knowledge in the composition of a persuasive argumentative essay.
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Write an 800-900 word, single-spaced essay on the debate question. Submit on Canvas. (100 pts; late penalty 10% per day starting on the due date)
Grading will be based on your success on the following points:
Briefly define the “examined life” according to Socrates in “Apology.”
Specify and define “the good life” as the criterion for judgment.
Use Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” to provide a favorable rhetorical framework for your essay.
Take a side and state your position/thesis/conclusion, e.g. “I stand with Socrates, the path to the good life is moral self-examination,” or “Against Socrates, I will persuade you that the good life does not depend on morals.”
Make an argument for your position supported by “real life” experience. REQUIRED: Include two examples: (1) related to climate change, and (2) a personal experience.
Make at least one argument against your opposition’s best critique of your position. [If you are for Socrates, Thrasymachus’ arguments are your opposition; if you are for Thasymachus, Socrates’ arguments are your opposition.]
Make use of arguments presented in the assigned readings.
Incorporate a quote from Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture or his film.
Examined Life
Unexamined Life
There is a given moral order.
There is no given moral order.
Justice; do the right thing for good of all
Individual interest; play to win

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