Anyone out there familiar with the Ring of Gyges, described in Plato's
The Republic? (Honors students in the Enduring Questions sections Dr. McMahon and I taught last fall should be!) Today's
New York Times (online) suggests a link between the moral dilemma associated with the story of the Ring and the current debate about the use of military drones. You can read it:
here.
(Students in my Honors section this Fall will be reading about the Ring of Gyges, so you might be interested in a sneak peek.)
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