St James Ethics Centre
Plato records Socrates as having asked the fundamental question of ethics, "What ought one do?". Whenever one seeks to answer that question, then one is operating in the ethical dimension. There are a number of things that should be noted about this question. The first thing to note relates to what Socrates did not ask! Socrates did not begin by asking questions such as, "What is good, what is evil?" or, "What is right, what is wrong?". Rather, he asked an immensely practical question that confronts people whenever they have a decision to make, whenever they are in a position to exercise their capacity to choose. Socrates did not mark off a special area which was to be the terrain for ethical reflection.
We are honoured to stand amongst such men.