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This is generally speaking, a “compare and contrast” paper. In it you will take up the positions regarding ethics of two thinkers, one and only one of whom is:
J.S. Mill
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich Nietzsche
Confucius

The other is someone from the list below. The text should draw on at least four outside sources, which must be cited and listed in a bibliography. At least two of the sources must be hard copy (i.e. not from the internet.) Compare and contrast the two thinkers you have chosen: in what ways do they overlap, in what ways do they conflict? Is one influenced by another? Do they share some common root? How do they view human nature differently? How do they view the ultimate source of ethical value? What does each one claim constitutes a “good life?”  What is the highest value for each?

Recommended figures:
David Hume
Plato
Cicero
Seneca
John Locke
Karl Marx
G. W. F. Hegel
John Rawls
Paul Tillich
Hannah Arendt
Marcus Aurelius
Julius Evola
Benjamin Franklin
St. Augustine
Peter Singer
Baruch Spinoza

If you have other figure ideas, please let me know!