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Now that you have studied political philosophy, explain what is the best type of government for your country.
What is the relation between ethics and religion? Articulate, explain, and evaluate in each case an approach that makes use of divine command ethics.
Discuss how the concept of jihad as presented in Sheikh's article relates to your readings in The Qur'an. Cite from Sheikh and The Qur'an.
Explicate the key points of Egoism. Explicate the key points of Utilitarianism. Explicate the key points of Deontology. Explicate key points of Virtue Ethics.
Analyze any one of the two short speeches below from the point of view of their appeals, organization, and style.
What is the social contract? What is the difference between J.J. Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes on social contract?
Examine key reasons why people might seem attracted to pseudoscience-type claims. Determine two ways in which material discussed has changed your own thinking.
Why is deterrence not a decisive factor in the debate about the morality of the death penalty according to van den Haag? Explain your answers.
What is your understanding of terrorism now? What do you see as the ethically proper response to acts of terror?
Do you relate more to the abolitionist or the retentionist position? What do you see as the two strongest supporting arguments for your position, and why?
What sort of relevance does this teaching have for other worldviews? What does this teaching reveal about Jesus?
How can we treat others as an end in themselves according to O'Neill? In what ways are human beings limited by their finitude?
Why does Macedo claim that cosmopolitan distributive justice makes no sense? Do you agree or disagree with him on this question?
Based on West's critique of American politics and his explication of nihilism, analyze what he means by the term culture.
Discuss the avocado idea of the self and explain at least one version of the idea that human beings have a shared essential nature.
Is Christian ethics relativistic or absolutist? What, if any, are the differences between ethical relativism and the subjective aspects of Christian ethics?
Explain how each mechanism operates and with what effects on individuals, groups, and society as a whole.
Answer the following: Briefly exposit the common argument for moral relativism in the video and the criticism of it.
Which do you think is more important when it comes time to assess the morality of actions? Do good intentions save a bad outcome, or vice versa?
Distinguish direct utilitarianism from indirect utilitarianism. Describe Bernard Williams' hypothetical case in which George the chemist faces a moral dilemma.
Discuss racial stereotypes you are personally familiar with. How pervasive are these stereotypes and what impact do they have? How do you perceive race?
Write your research study question for your group research project topic (a chronic disease in a specific country) beneath the references for your articles.
Explain How Socrates defined the soul and the implications for how we should live our lives. Relate and analyze the events in thetrial and death of Socrates.
What would social contract ethics have said to have done? Why would social contract ethics say that? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
What is postmodernism? How does it effect the way people live? Is it anti-Christian, or are there ways in which it might be an ally to Christian thought?