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WRITING ASSIGNMENT, due by email Sunday March 6

Write a guide to your children about what they should do to live a good life. You may express hopes for what they will have, or exhort them to behave in ways that will lead them to a good life, or both. Explain to them why you wish for what you do, or why they should follow your advice. If your advice for them is different from the life you are leading, explain the reason for that difference. If you do not want to impose your views on them in any way, explain why. . Use this letter as a way to demonstrate an understanding of some of the themes discussed in our unit on the Good Life.. About 500 words. .

====READING ASSIGNMENT, Takeaways and Questions due by email Monday, March 7, 6 p.m. ====

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