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While discussing Kantian ethics we distinguished between negative and positive freedom. What are these ideas and how are they different?
Discuss whether you agree with the Utilitarian view that Peter, in these circumstances, is morally justified in stealing from John.
Explain the distinction between a functionalist and a behaviourist theory of mind using this particular tale as an example.
Describe Shelly Kagan's deprivation account of the badness of death. Compare Martha Nussbaum's view of the badness of death with Kagan's account.
Summarize Bernard William's argument for why it was rational for Elina Macropulos to stop drinking the elixir of life.
Studies have shown that seat belts dramatically reduce the risk of injury or death. Nevertheless, many people still do not use seat belts.
How does Nagel think that we can identify the other? Of the misfortune of death, despite the fact that death is the permanent end of one's conscious existence?
How example of believing 'Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona' enable Gettier to conclude that justified true belief is not sufficient for knowledge?
Examine the main structural and process changes that will be required to design and implement family-style dining at this facility.
At the end of the 2nd meditation, Descartes has claimed the most certain and true thing we can say about ourselves is that we are minds.
What are your academic strengths and weaknesses? How do you plan on accentuating your strengths and working on your weaknesses?
Problem: Provide ONE (1) example of a Fundamental Freedom and explain how it is important to democracy.
David Brooks on the subject of learning how to live a moral life, share your thoughts about his message.
Explain what David Lewis (1976: 149-51) would say about this time travel case: can Bonaparte kill himself?
Problem: Briefly compare and contrast the three readings: What are some philosophical similarities and differences?
How is textbook knowledge privileged in modern education? What is the logic and motivation behind it?
Problem: Why do some people (perhaps including yourself) like horror movies (or even sad movies)?
Write an email to Dr. Lee that summarizes the ethical dilemma and gives your recommendation about the partnership.
What does Sartre's example of the paper-knife illustrate? How is like God creating man? And what does 'existence precedes essence' mean, in Sartre's account?
Nietzsche recommends that we learn to look at our lives "artistically." Explain what he means by this, and why he thought it was important
Problem: What was the criticism of Danto's Institutional Theory (The Artworld)?
Assume to ensure that you always have more knowledge or information to aid in the ethical decision-making process?
Wolf writes: "Meaning arises when subjective attraction meets objective attractiveness." Explain how this slogan captures her view.
What is the difference between knowledge and information? Why is it impossible to gain knowledge? That is, explain the problem of ultimate justification.
which you think connects with the gifts of the humanities expressed in the reading and discuss maybe the way one of Aristotle's four causes