Assignment:
Carefully read Theodore Dalrymple's The Frivolity of Evil and type a 750 word response in which you address EACH of the following five questions in your own words:
- What is the author's main argument?
- How does he support his main argument (evidence, ancillary arguments, etc.)?
- Relate the author's discussion of human happiness and misery to the issue of virtue ethics with specific reference to Aristotle's Virtue Theory.
- Do you agree or disagree with Dalrymple's analysis? Why or why not? (Feel free to include observations from your own experience or that of friends, relatives, or acquaintances.)