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format.<p> WORKSHOP:  <U>Introduction to the MENO</U><p> By Don Finkel<p>
Form groups of four.  Make sure at least one person in each group has
already read the <I>Meno</I>.  Find a comfortable place to work and begin
by introducing yourself.<p> 1.  (10 minutes for 1. & 2.) <U>Ignoring the
Meno</U> for the moment, individually write down your instinctive and
immediate answers to the following two questions:<p>
	a.  Can virtue be taught?<p>
	b.  Can virtue be learned?<p>
2.  Now write down two or three sentences giving the reasons for the answers you gave.<p>
3.  (5 mins.)  Share your answers to questions 1 and 2 with your group and see what kind of agreement there is.<p>
Discuss as a group, and try to agree on answers to the following 2 questions:<p>
4.  (5 mins.)  Does Socrates think that questions (a) and (b) are essentially the same question, or does he think they are fundamentally different questions (consult p. 28)?<p>
5.  (10 mins.)  Do you think Socrates is right regarding question 4. or not?  Give reasons.<p>
[total time:  30 minutes]