Category: Philosophy

Explain how Kant’s “respect for persons” principle would apply to business practices. Can a business genuinely embody the ideals of a Kantian moral community, or are these ideals too demanding?

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questions:

1) Explain how Kant’s “respect for persons” principle would apply to
business practices. Can a business genuinely embody the ideals of a
Kantian moral community, or are these ideals too demanding? Defend
your answer drawing on the reading by Norman Bowie.

2) In his article, “Utilitarianism and Animals”, Gaverick Matheny
concludes that we ought to make changes to our institutions and habits,
“most immediately, that we become vegetarian or preferably vegan”

(p.24). This viewpoint would be shared by the protestors at the Six
Nations’ deer hunt described in the Globe and Mail newspaper article
available in the Blackboard learning materials on this subject. Explain
how Matheny reaches his conclusion along with how you think the deer
hunt should be evaluated on utilitarian grounds. Do you agree with
Matheny’s conclusion in light of your evaluation? Defend your answer.

3) Is medical assistance in dying (voluntary euthanasia) a morally
acceptable practice in at least some circumstances? Drawing on our
course learning materials and discussion of the debate in the present,
Canadian context, along with the readings by James Rachels and
Thomas Sullivan, explain what you take to be the most persuasive
arguments on both sides of this issue and defend a position of your own
with respect to it. (Hint: ‘most persuasive’ means you shouldn’t be
summarizing every point raised in the assigned readings – be selective.)

Is the Turing Test a reasonable way to test for intelligence? Argue for your conclusion. Be sure to clearly articulate any background theories that our position depends upon and give plenty of illustrative examples

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Is the Turing Test a reasonable way to test for intelligence? Argue for your conclusion. Be sure to clearly articulate any background theories that our position depends upon and give plenty of illustrative examples

Describe a particular canonical or non-canonical Buddhist philosophy through the interpretation and analysis of a specific text or chapter of a text.

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Describe a particular canonical or non-canonical Buddhist philosophy through the interpretation and analysis of a specific text or chapter of a text.

How did the book agree with and disagree with the conversations we had in PHI-101?What philosophers did the arguments in the book remind you of?

The Subtle Art

How did the book agree with and disagree with the conversations we had in PHI-101?

What philosophers did the arguments in the book remind you of?

How do your experiences align/contrast to the author’s?

What were the strongest/weakest arguments in the book?

What did you agree and disagree with?

What stories/advice impacted you the most?

What questions do you have for the author?

What is your overall reaction to the book? The assignment?

And anything else you want to bring in to your reaction.

What might society look like in your opinion if the rights that you value most were taken away? If relevant, how could society do a better job of promoting, protecting, or advancing the rights that you cherish?

We all have legal rights and universal rights (make sure to know the differences between these two rights – this is an important distinction).

In addition to legal rights and universal rights you learn a few other new categories of rights this week: negative rights and positive rights.

First, provide a definition in your own words along with an example of all four of these rights in your discussion this week. This section is worth 2 marks. Expect to write a paragraph for this section.

Second, after you have completed the first section, then do some research on your rights and share which rights you cherish most and explain why.

What might society look like in your opinion if the rights that you value most were taken away? If relevant, how could society do a better job of promoting, protecting, or advancing the rights that you cherish? As you work on this task do pay attention to how we integrate legal rights into society over time, and how legal rights and positive rights vary from country to country.

Compare Aristotle’s virtue theory with utilitarianism and/or Kantianism. Which theory best explains our moral life? Use Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics.

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Compare Aristotle’s virtue theory with utilitarianism and/or Kantianism. Which theory best explains our moral life?

Use Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics.

What do you see as the ultimate goal of philosophy? Do you think that this goal is in line with biblical goals? Who or why not? Use scripture to defend your point.Do you think Socrates demonstrated a biblical way of thinking to some degree? Why or why not?

Session 1 Paper

Paper must be:
1. 2-3 pages in length
2. Constructed using an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion with quality college-level writing.
3. In-text citations to support main points

The paper should answer these questions:

1. What do you see as the ultimate goal of philosophy? Do you think that this goal is in line with biblical goals? Who or why not? Use scripture to defend your point.

2. Do you think Socrates demonstrated a biblical way of thinking to some degree? Why or why not?

3. Miller notes that philosophers agree that reason has its limits. What is something that cannot be reasoned? Why not?

4. How can philosophy help us in a practical way?

Analyze the movie from Fromm’s perspective. Choose at least two characters who represent true disobedience and false disobedience and two characters who represent different types of obedience in the movie. Explain and justify your choice by using Fromm’s arguments and episodes from the movie.

Assignment for Oliver Stone's movie Natural Born Killers

Nietzsche offers two models for understanding morality: Good versus Bad; and Evil versus Good. Choose two characters from the movie whose actions and the explanation of their actions could be interpreted according to the first model (Good versus Bad), and two characters whose actions and the explanation of their actions could be interpreted according to the second model (Evil versus Good). In each case, explain your choice. Support your choice with episodes from the movie.

Reading Fromm, we learned to distinguish authentic, true disobedience from false disobedience and to distinguish heteronomous obedience from autonomous obedience.

Analyze the movie from Fromm’s perspective. Choose at least two characters who represent true disobedience and false disobedience and two characters who represent different types of obedience in the movie. Explain and justify your choice by using Fromm’s arguments and episodes from the movie.

Which approach do you believe overall provides a more compelling and practically useful approach to living a good life?

Prompt 3

Compare and contrast two of the following ways of life: Buddhism, Taoism, and Ancient Aztec Virtue Ethics. Your answer should include the following:

A comparison of the goals of each way of life.
An explanation of the similarities and/or differences between their understanding of reality and how this influences their view of how people ought to live their lives.
An explanation of the similarities and/or differences between their beliefs about the practices and behaviors needed to achieve a good life.
Lastly, which approach do you believe overall provides a more compelling and practically useful approach to living a good life?