Natural Law Part I. Read the excerpts. The Idea of the Good (Excerpt from The Republic by Plato), Ethics Foundations of Moral Valuation, p. 49 The Good and the One (Excerpt from the Enneads by Plotinus), Ethics Foundations of Moral Valuation, p. 50 Four Causes (Excerpt from the Physics, Book II Chapter 3; 194b17-195a5 by Aristotle), Ethics Foundations of Moral Valuation, p.51 Highlight the words which you don’t understand yet or which struck you most. Define or describe the words you highlighted using any dictionary or the context of the text. Answer the following 5 questions: What is the purpose of the author? What are the questions at issue? What are the facts and pieces of evidence presented in the article? What are your assumptions? What are your new concepts and points of view?
