Instructions:
- Choose one of the following topics to respond to for your initial post.
- Indicate your last name and chosen topic in the title of your post.
- Contribute at least two peer responses to include a response to both:
- A learner who has posted a contrary view on the topic you selected
- A learner who has posted on the topic you did not select
Requirements:
- Your initial post should be at least 250 words.
- Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions.
- See the syllabus for assignment requirements and grading criteria, and be sure to quote from the readings to illustrate your points, followed by MLA citation, both in-text and on a Works Cited page.
Initial Post Due: Thursday, by 11:55 p.m., ET
Responses Due: Sunday, by 11:55 p.m., ET
Topic A: Equality and Discrimination
Do you think that it is ever justifiable to treat people differently on the basis of their race or sex or religion or other group characteristic? Explain. Should we further multiculturalism and diversity? Why or why not?
Topic B: Moral Worth
Can you construct counterexamples to Kant's view that actions done for the sake of duty have more moral worth in every case than actions done not in accordance with duty?