Virtue and the Good Life Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
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About This Challenge
In exploring the topic of Virtue and the Good Life, we introduce a timeline game where players must place events in their correct chronological order.
- Players will learn about important historical events
- The game challenges players to think critically about the sequence of events
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- 380 BCE: Plato's Republic is written, discussing the concept of the good life and the role of virtue in it
- 350 BCE: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is written, outlining his ethical theory centered on virtue and the good life
- 3rd century BCE: The Stoics, including Zeno of Citium and Epictetus, develop their philosophy focusing on virtue as the key to the good life
- 44 BCE: Cicero's On Duties is written, exploring the connection between virtue and the good life in Roman philosophy
- 5th century CE: Augustine of Hippo writes The City of God, discussing the role of virtue in the Christian conception of the good life
- 13th century CE: Thomas Aquinas develops his theory of natural law and virtue ethics in his Summa Theologica
- 1641: Rene Descartes publishes Meditations on First Philosophy, exploring the nature of virtue and the good life
- 1785: Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is published, discussing the importance of virtue in moral philosophy
- 1863: John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism is published, presenting a consequentialist approach to the good life and virtue
- 1883: Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is published, challenging traditional conceptions of virtue and the good life
- 1981: Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue is published, critiquing modern moral philosophy and advocating for a return to virtue ethics
- 1986: Martha Nussbaum publishes The Fragility of Goodness, exploring the connection between virtue and the good life in ancient Greek philosophy
- 2010: Susan Wolf's Meaning in Life and Why It Matters is published, discussing the role of virtue in living a meaningful life
- 2020: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Ethics is updated, providing a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates on virtue and the good life