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Discussion Post: Philosophy- Having read both Russell and Plato, what do you see as the point and purpose of doing philosophy?
Identify a key point about compassion from each of these traditions and take some time to REFLECT upon the perspectives it opens up for you.
Do you think that all pleasure makes your life better? And is there anything that makes your life better without making it more pleasant- or maybe even.
Consider how we can develop a drug policy that is reflective of the diversity of opinion and experience in our country while safeguarding public health.
Make recommendations of how you would change these policies to create better alignment with the organizational mission, vision, and values statements.
Explain how ecocriticism can improve terrestrial ecosystem. Elaborate by writing at least two well-developed paragraphs of at least five sentences each.
What can go wrong when failing to acquire morals? How do we become moral people, adults who can be trusted with their own lives and the lives of other people?
Based on your new understanding, consider the concepts of detention and incarceration. How are they similar? How are they different?
Evaluation of attitudes and factors influencing attitudes. Is remediation of these attitudes necessary?
Locke does not require that knowledge proper be absolutely certain and free from doubt. Which is the more plausible theory of knowledge?
What do you like and dislike about art and indie films? Additionally, discuss what genre and period of films you enjoy most and why.
Do we have a moral obligation to rehabilitate or punish criminals? Do we have a moral right to impose the death penalty on criminals?
What would an Ethical Egoist say about this topic? What side would the Ethical Egoist take? What would the Ethical Egoist say to justify their moral position?
Define these terms. Do you agree or disagree with the above statement and WHY? Defend your position with some examples.
Explain what is the ecocritical perspective portrayed by the movie. Elaborate by writing at least two well-developed paragraphs of at least five sentences each.
What are the essential aspects of Deep Ecology? What does it mean to be the earth conscious of itself? How might that change our ethics?
What kinds of duties do we have toward animals - according to Kant? Put each one in language that is uniquely yours Perspective.
What do you find problematic? How is ecofeminism's approach to ethics substantially different from that of Mill and Kant?
What did you learn in grade school about the Boston tea party? How does that relate - support? - the actions of ELF?
What do you think of our testing - and torture - of other animals for human well being? What do you think of CAFOs from an expanded utilitarian perspective?
Tell me what you think of effective altruism. Do you think that there is a moral imperative (note Kant's language) to follow Singer's utilitarianism?
Explain what is going to happen when a lot more of the ice in the Antarctic and Greenland melts - and it's going to melt?
Describe the essential aspects of Leopold's ethics. Describe in some depth the meaning of the story within the reading Thinking like a Mountain.
What is the meaning of the phrase The clear conscience is the invention of the devil? and what are the implications for us following ethical systems?
How can we know that the external world really is as it seems to be to us through the senses?