1.Do you agree or disagree with Aristotle’s conception of the good life? Is his conception still relevant to us? 2.Drawing on the death of a worthy person*, discuss what you can learn about the meaning of life and/or death. (*You don’t have to personally know this person.)
3.Moral principles like “don’t lie” sometimes go against our self-interests. Why should we be moral?
4.“What is morality in any given time and place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.” Do you agree?

Most sociologists agree that: a. culture is central in shaping gender roles, but only in preliterate societies. b. biological factors have some influence, but cultural factors are more important determinants of gender roles. c. biological factors are influential in determining gender roles, but only in industrial or complex societies. d. biological factors only explain differences between men and women with regard to aggression and disease. e. there is no difference between the influences of culture or biology on the development of gender roles, as they are unpredictable.