AESCHYLUS: Prometheus Bound

Hephaestos chains Prometheus to a rock in the Caucasus mountain range at the behest of Zeus.

MILL: On Liberty [Chapters III-V]

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

CHAPTER III: Of Individuality as one of the Elements of Well-Being

• Both the expression of opinions and actions ought to be limited when they cause harm to others [yelling fire in a theater]

MILL: On Liberty [Chapters I-II]

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

CHAPTER I: Introductory

• The subject of this essay is not Free Will, but rather social and civil freedom; specifically, the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.

KANT: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals [Sections II-III]

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

SECTION II: Transition from Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysic of Morals

• One will not find a pure moral action – i.e. an action motivated solely by a respect for duty – in experience. It is always at least doubtful whether an action is done strictly from duty, and not motivated by some other selfish goal.

KANT: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals [Preface, Section I]

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

PREFACE

• Ancient Greek philosophy was divided into 3 sciences – physics, ethic, and logic.