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The Importance of Virtue Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

In our game about the importance of virtue, players will engage in a timeline game where they must place events in their correct chronological order. This game challenges players to think critically about the sequence of events and how they relate to the concept of virtue.

  • Players will learn about key historical events and figures that exemplify virtues such as courage, honesty, and compassion.
  • By placing events in their correct order, players will gain a deeper understanding of how virtues have shaped societies and individuals throughout history.
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  • 380 BCE: Plato's Republic discusses the importance of virtue in achieving a just society
  • 350 BCE: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics explores the concept of virtue and its role in achieving eudaimonia
  • 3rd century BCE: Stoicism emerges as a philosophical school emphasizing the importance of virtue as the highest good
  • 4th century CE: Augustine of Hippo incorporates virtues into Christian theology, emphasizing their importance in leading a moral life
  • 13th century CE: Thomas Aquinas integrates Aristotelian virtue ethics into Christian theology in his Summa Theologica
  • 15th-16th century CE: Renaissance humanists like Erasmus and Thomas More emphasize the importance of virtue in personal and political life
  • 18th century CE: Enlightenment thinkers like Kant and Hume debate the nature and importance of virtue in moral philosophy
  • 19th century CE: 19th century utilitarians like John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham discuss the role of virtue in promoting happiness and well-being
  • 20th century CE: Existentialist philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir explore the importance of personal responsibility and authenticity as virtues
  • Present day: Contemporary virtue ethics scholars like Alasdair MacIntyre and Rosalind Hursthouse continue to develop and promote the importance of virtue in ethical decision-making

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