Socrates: What does it mean to live a good life?

This lesson introduces Socrates, giving some historical background to his life, and introduces some philosophical questions raised by his life and work including:

• What does it mean to give a good life?
• Why do people commit evil actions?
• Are moral virtues universal or relative?

This lesson is part of a History of Philosophy in Fifty Questions scheme of work, which takes students from Thales and the origins of philosophy, right up to the 21st Century. Each lesson is based around an inquiry question, which links to the work of a key philosopher.

Each lesson is a contained in single resource which includes:

• Vocabulary recap “settle down” starter
• Discussion based starter linking to the inquiry question for the lesson
• Glossary of key terms introduced in the lesson
• A key reading which supports the inquiry question
• Knowledge check questions to clarify student understanding of the reading
• Discussion and extended writing tasks
• A teacher page, giving suggested answers and discussion points for each of the tasks