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The Ancient Greeks and Their Ideas on Human Values by Art Kane, M.A. Key Concepts - An unexamined life is not worth living (Socrates). - The End does not justify the Means, i.e. a person cannot employ a bad means to achieve a good end. - Cheating of any kind destroys one's integrity. - Integrity requires taking responsibility for all your actions. Vocabulary - Unexamined life - to live without having goals or purpose for achieving personal growth. - Golden Mean - living a moral life means avoiding the extremes of doing too much or too little, and choosing rather to do what is between these extremes. - Relativism - the moral position that says that each individual is free to choose to act according to what he/she thinks is good and right for them to choose without having any regard for what others believe to be moral.

The Ancient Greeks and Their Ideas on Human Values

by Art Kane, M.A.

Key Concepts

- An unexamined life is not worth living (Socrates).

- The End does not justify the Means, i.e. a person cannot employ a bad means to achieve a good end.

- Cheating of any kind destroys one's integrity.

- Integrity requires taking responsibility for all your actions.

Vocabulary

- Unexamined life - to live without having goals or purpose for achieving personal growth.

- Golden Mean - living a moral life means avoiding the extremes of doing too much or too little, and choosing rather to do what is between these extremes.

- Relativism - the moral position that says that each individual is free to choose to act according to what he/she thinks is good and right for them to choose without having any regard for what others believe to be moral.