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(5 pp) Anaximander, Xenophanes, and Socrates are
examined for their ideas about the definition of
justice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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For some philosophy is a way of life; for others things will happen as they will with no pattern or reason. Have we lost the sense of moral responsibility
for ourselves or for our children? The subject of moral philosophy involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. As far back in civilization as we find
writing, we find people struggling with ethical questions. Justice as an ethical question (and ethical question as that which clarifies the source and content of our moral
obligations) is the one we will examine in this paper. Cultural relativism For centuries, moral philosophers have reflected on the philosophical problems raised by clashing social values. The principal
question raised is whether moral values exist independently of human social creations. Cultural relativism is the view that societies create their own traditions, pass them along from one generation to
another, and continually reinforce them through rewards and punishments. On this view morality is a distinctly human invention and it makes no sense to look for a foundation of morality
outside of human social approval. Consequently, for example if we are examining the concept of justice for fifth and sixth century Greeks, in light of this argument, we might
say that a given society defines its own justice. Correspondingly another society, might have a slightly different version. Anaximinder (ca. 610 - 545 B.C.E.) According to Kirk
and Raven (1988) the credible `fragments of presocratic philosophy as quoted in Anaximinder show that he was one of the first philosophers to 1) Use the concept, of
the indefinite(apeiron) as the source of things. 2) Introduce a notion of rule or law describing the process of change 3) Gives a mathematical basis to the
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