LESSON NUMBER FOUR:
THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLDVIEW

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN:
  1. Why does Elshtain believe that citizen participation in politics is important?

  2. Do Greek Democratic Courts provide for sufficient citizen participation?

  3. Is the Trial by Jury an improvement over the Trial by Ordeal and/or the Greek Democratic Courts?

  4. How do leaders in Democratic societies get people to obey laws?

  5. What is the view of the individual in modern societies?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CHARLES TAYLOR:

  1. Why do individuals have moral significance?

  2. What is the principle of originality?

  3. How are individuals true to themselves?

  4. What implications might this worldview have for the proper forms of government?