Format:
• The paper should be standard format (12 pt font, 1 inch margins, page numbers.)
• The proper spacing for a script is single space within a dialog, double space between speakers.
Writing prompt :
• Imagine that you are hiking on a mountaintop (Or any other setting you choose…).
• You are speaking with Plato, Machiavelli, and Marx
• The four of you start to discuss how to set up a society and achieve the good life.
• In this discussion, you debate the following topics
1. Who are we (humans) at our core?
2. What kind of rule/govt should we choose? Who should hold power?
3. How could justice be achieved?
4. How do we best handle material/economic concerns?
5. What advice do you and our philosophers have for a US President, so that he/she may better achieve these goals in the US?
What I am looking for:
• clear presentation of the individual philosophers viewpoints
• insightful comparison and contrast of the philosophers as a group
• natural flow of dialog, without there being a lot of filler or “fluff”
• Your own personal insights (Remember that this dialog is between 3 philosophers and YOURSELF. You have an active role)