Write a dialogue between two characters about an ethical issue concerning the practice of your future career. Your characters should take opposite sides of the issue and debate it, with each countering the points of the other. Both characters should hold reasonable positions and offer decent arguments in favor of their positions. For the dialogue […]
Is there moral justification for a human right to democracy?
The last few weeks we have examined three topics: (1) Does the white working-class benefit from racism?; (2) issues related to Black beauty and aesthetics; and (3) Black music, the multi-national state and the myth of the nation-state
Answer 3 of the following five questions. Each answer should be a minimum of 300 words. 1. Briefly explain Taylor’s argument in the article entitled Determinism. What is the strongest point in his argument? What is the weakest point in his argument? Give reasons to support your position. 2 What is Stace’s view of punishment? […]
What is the difference between a Deontological and a Teleological Moral System?
Weekly Response Question 6 Note: read sections 5.2, Ethical Egoism, and 5.3, Utilitarianism, before writing this response. Choose one of the four ethical positions we have read about ethical relativism (subjectivism or conventionalism), ethical objectivism, ethical egoism or utilitarianism. Explain this position as fully as you can. Then make the strongest argument that you can […]
Describe the theory of knowledge called skepticism. A minimum of 2 pages – 8-10 paragraphs. A complete, thoughtful answer is more important than word count. The skeptic’s charge that we can never be confident about the reliability of our normal sources of knowledge. Describe why and how, for each of the 4 sources mentioned, the […]
Select either A or B. Explain Schopenhauer’s view of human nature and existence. Explain one’s motivation to follow laws under H.L.A. Hart’s positivist legal theories.
Life’s Absurdity. Drawing especially on Nagel (1971)discuss: Is life absurd? Why or why not?
According to Mark Mendl and Jordan Kirkness (When Worlds Collide: Addressing Off-Duty Employee Misconduct): Many believe that what employees do on their own time should not be regulated by employers, but the boundary between the workplace and an employee’s private life is not absolute. As recent high profile cases have demonstrated, some off-duty misconduct, such […]
