Paper Topics for Required Paper
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-Up to 30 points for completing of rough draft and writing exercise.
-Up to 70 points for completion of final draft.
Topic 1: (note if you choose to write on the first topic of the makeup paper, you are not allowed to write on this topic for the required paper)
Part 1: Explain what you think is the strongest argument for God's existence, and then explain what you think is the strongest objection to this argument and how a theist might plausibly respond to this objection.
Part 2: Explain the Logical Problem of Evil. Then explain whether you think this objection succeeds in showing that the Logical Problem of Evil is unsound.
Part 3: Explain the Evidential Problem of Evil, and then explain what you think is the strongest objection to the Evidential Problem of Evil. Then explain whether you think this objection succeeds in showing that the Evidential Problem of Evil is unsound.
Topic 2:
Part 1: Explain what you think is the strongest argument for the claim that Moral Objectivism is true, and then explain what you think is the strongest objection to Moral Objectivism. Then explain what you think is the most plausible response to to this objection.
Part 2: Explain what you think is the strongest argument for the claim that moral facts are relative to a culture, and then explain what you think is the strongest objection to Cultural Relativism. Then explain what you think is the most plausible response to this objection.
Part 3: In light of Part 1 and Part 2, explain whether you think Moral Objectivism or Cultural Relativism is true.
Topic 3:
Part 1: Explain what you think is the strongest argument for Substance Dualism, and then explain what you think is the strongest objection to Substance Dualism. Then explain what you think is the most plausible response to this objection.
Part 2: Explain what you think is the strongest argument for Materialism, and then explain what you think is the strongest objection to Materialism. Then explain what you think is the most plausible response to this objection.
Part 3: In light of Part 1 and Part 2: explain whether you think Substance Dualism or Materialism is more plausible.