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Identify arguments and fallacies in these articles. Also note different kinds of analogies in these arguments. Who made the best overall argument? Why?
Write a philosophy paper on a specific idea by a specific philosopher or philosophers.
What are the differences in pay in gendered and sexed work? How might we remedy this disparity? What might we do to combat sexual harassment in the workplace?
If someone is known to have been dishonest about one thing, should we automatically be suspicious of his or her honesty regarding other things?
What is Martin Gardner's argument for the objectivist view of art? Do you agree? Why or why not?
How does the argument work? What do you make of that argument? What might you say to the author, if you could ask them a question?
Analyze one specific scene in the movie where spectators can clearly see this argument on the existence/none existence of God.
Do any of the arguments for free will (i.e., mental causation) presented in Caplan's article seem successful to you? Why or why not?
Describes an inherent limitation to the human condition. What do you think? Do philosophers have it right? How do you know?
Do you think that Boisjoly was required to whistleblow even after the explosion (when the harm in question had already occurred)? Why or why not?
Should whistleblowing always be about harm prevention or are there other moral considerations that might justify it? Give some examples/cases.
Consider the pinto case discussed by de George. What duties to whistleblow do you think the engineers at Ford had in this case?
Why would the lowest castes regard the doctrines of karma, caste, and duty as a system designed to subjugate them?
Discuss how the group is oppressed and how that oppression affects the members' opportunities for social and economic justice.
How have images of the Inuit people been used in advertising through the examples given? What is the ideology underlying these images?
It may never be a perfect replica of society, but is it an accurate representation? Why or why not? What does it do well? What can it do better?
Explain what some of them are. What is a teleological argument? How did this method help him create his metaphysics and purpose for life?
Analyze a Christian response to evil as described in both texts. The Book of Job and the writings of St. Augustine are seminal in this regard.
The movie, Thank You for Smoking, provides many examples of arguments and fallacies. What argumentative tricks are being used to promote tobacco?
Explain the mind-body problem to the best of your ability. Then, discuss the implications the mind-body problem poses on the hypothesis of mental causation.
Select which of the Metaphysical perspectives we discussed that you find most acceptable and show how it connects to a corresponding perceptive in Epistemology.
What do you think about the thought-experiment? Does it persuade you that we are naturally good?
explain how this distinction relates to the scenario you posted. How prejudice and bias might create barriers to fulfilling your professional responsibility?
What are the names of the three ethical theories? What are the names of the founders of each of these theories?