How did yesterday’s excerise demonstrate the way democracy works?

Warm-Up

Tell me what we did yesterday

Why did you vote the way you did?

How did you feel when the vote didn’t match your vote?

How would you feel if a law were passed that all people were now Twilight people?

Do you think it is fair that the group made decisions for you?

Is it better to vote directly to vote for someone else to make decisions for you?

Is there a better option?

Pros and Cons

• How should people behave?• How should people behave?• What is the meaning of life?• What is the meaning of happiness?• Is perfection possible?• What is a good/just life?• How should a person live life?

The Greek Philosophers

• The Greeks worried about all these questions• The Big Three– Plato– Socrates– Aristotle

Socrates

• Humble birth• Wrote nothing down• Taught with questions• Taught in the Agora– Agora- Public space

• Died for principles– Forced to drink Hemlock

Plato

• Believed in Utopian Society• Born Wealthy• Student of Socrates• Left when Socrates died, Founded school

called the Academy

Aristotle

• Common sense• Taught by Plato• Alexander the Great’s Teacher