Just and Unjust Speech

Topic: What does Aristophanes mean when he uses the phrase \\\" just as unjust speech?\\\" what kind of things does Aristophanes think that Socrates is capable of teaching people? Why would anyone want to learn unjust speech? What kind of benefit would it provide? Why does Aristophanes think that is a bad thing to be teaching? Why would Plato in \\\"The Republic\\\" think about this? Does Plato think that Socrates would teach people unjust speech? Or does Plato provide an argument for individuals to be just, even if they would appear to be unjust? Ultimately based on you reading of Aristophanes or Plato, do you think our educators should teach unjust speech? why or why not? (Note: pick ONE of the thinkers to defend your final point, whichever has the strongest argument) Requirements: 6 pages, typed double space, one inch margins, 12 point font Times New Roman, MLA format, make sure you demonstrate understanding of the text SOURCES: Plato & Aristophanes: Four Texts on Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Clouds translated by Thomas G West. Plato: Republic translated by GMA Grube, revised by CDC Reeve USE LINES... not page numbers for referencing 2. Introduction A. The introduction should answer the following questions: i. What question(s) do you address in your paper? i.e. What is your question? ii. Why are these questions of concern to us? Why do we care? i.e. Why does this question arise? iii. What answer(s) do you offer to these questions? Summarize this succinctly. i.e. What is your answer? iv. How will you answer these questions? Summarize your method/approach. v. Finally, provide a roadmap for your paper in a sentence or two. What is your agenda in the paper? 3. Body Paragraphs A. Each paragraph should have a topic sentence, and this topic sentence should directly and clearly relate back to proving your thesis. This topic sentence should be a strong claim that you will give evidence for within the paragraph. B. Paragraphs are meant to express one idea only. Make sure you begin with your topic sentence, express that idea completely, and move on. C. Evidence is required for proving your thesis and supporting your claims. Quote the text as evidence for your claims. D. Explain (interpret) every quote you use. You must explain what it means and how it is relevant to proving your thesis. Putting a quote on the page is not enough in supporting your thesis with evidence that you believe the quote contains. E. Each paragraph should refer back to your thesis. 4. The Conclusion A. Your conclusion should restate the thesis and how you proved your argument in the body of the paper. B. The conclusion should not be a grand statement about philosophy or ‘real life,' or one's own personal beliefs. C. The conclusion of your paper should have no new information. D. This guide could be summarized as follows in regards to the structure of your paper: \\\"Tell them what you're going to tell them; then tell them; then tell them what you told them.\\\" 5. Citation A. Citations and giving sources proper credit are extremely important. There are several available forms (i.e. Chicago, APA, MLA, etc.). Each citation style designates the author and/or editor, the book and or essay, the time and place of publication, and the page to which the reader should refer. There are many citation manuals in the Library and also available online. B. Whatever citation style you choose to use for your paper, make sure to be consistent in correctly using that citation style. DO NOT use more than one citation style in one paper. C. Direct quotes require quotation marks. Ideas that come from others must be credited to them, as precisely as possible. Quotations that are more than four lines long should be separated from the body of the text, that is, indented and single-spaced.