A Dead Socrates and a Happy Cat: The Question of a Life Worth Living.
This paper will assert, it is possible to live a very happy, unexamined life. However, it will be argued that the operative word in Socrates' claim is not "happiness" but "worth". In this analysis, it becomes clear that only a life characterized by reflection upon the nature of things can be considered - at least within the parameters set by Socrates (Plato) - to be a worthwhile existence. 6 pgs. 5 f/c. 1b.
