Questions Moral Moral principle No lying Moral rules Both Moral principle Do not interrupt others’ speech Moral rules Both principle Help the needy Moral rules Both Moral principle Obey God(s) rules Both Moral principle Be a vegetarian Moral rules Both Moral principle Do not hurt others Moral rules Both principle Obey the traffic rules Moral rules Both Moral principle Be fair Moral rules Both Case Study (2) Ring of Gyges Once, Glaucon was debating with Socrates on why human being act morally. Glaucon told the following story: was a poor but honest shepherd. One day when he was grazing, a violent storm and “Gyges earthquake slammed into his way. The earth cracked. Gyges went into the crack and found a corpse with a golden ring. He grabbed the ring and left. Later, he found out that whoever put on this golden ring would gain the power of invisibility. With the help of the ring, Gyges seduced the queen, killed the king, and finally he took over the throne. Suppose now that there were two such magic rings, and the just put on one of them and the unjust the other. No man can be imagined to be of such an iron nature that he would stand fast in
Questions Moral No lying Moral principle Moral rules Both Do not interrupt others’ speech Moral principle Moral rules Both Help the needy principle Moral rules Both Obey God(s) Moral principle rules Both Be a vegetarian Moral principle Moral rules Both Do not hurt others Moral principle Moral rules Both Obey the traffic rules principle Moral rules Both Be fair Moral principle Moral rules Both Case Study (2) Ring of Gyges Once, Glaucon was debating with Socrates on why human being act morally. Glaucon told the following story: “Gyges was a poor but honest shepherd. One day when he was grazing, a violent storm and earthquake slammed into his way. The earth cracked. Gyges went into the crack and found a corpse with a golden ring. He grabbed the ring and left. Later, he found out that whoever put on this golden ring would gain the power of invisibility. With the help of the ring, Gyges seduced the queen, killed the king, and finally he took over the throne. Suppose now that there were two such magic rings, and the just put on one of them and the unjust the other. No man can be imagined to be of such an iron nature that he would stand fast in
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