Unlike the other authors that you have read over the past few weeks, Dennett gives attempts to give a strictly empirical account of ‘self’. For Daniel Dennett, accounting for phenomena (objects or events experienced in reality) is a matter of reduction to natural facts. When philosophers say all experience in reality is reducible to physical […]
What are the two messages that would be sent by abolishing the death penalty according to Nathanson? How does he reply to the objection that murderers forfeit their right to be respected as human beings? Do you agree with his argument? Why or why not? Why is deterrence not a decisive factor in the debate […]
EXAMINATION # 3PSY 1012: General Psychology Dr. Liebert/Fall 2020Instructions: The purpose for this exam is to demonstrate your critical thinking as it applies to the topics discussed so far in class. This is a “take-home” exam; students may use any academic-level reference necessary to develop an appropriate, robust response to the questions below. Remember, the […]
Critical paper: This paper is supposed to be a discussion of a theoretical issue like anthropocentrism, concepts of value, animal value, sustainability, etc. In other words, these various articles are examples of the sort of discussion needed for the third assignment. For this assignment you might use one of the readings as the basis of […]
W4D What is a Just State? Explain the idea that society should be based on virtue by discussing Confucius, Plato, and /or Aristotle Explain at least one version of social contract theory Illustrate your understanding of the classical and social contract approaches to justice with illustrative examples from contemporary political life. Remember to explain specific […]
W4P What is a Just State? In a 2–3-page paper, address the following: Explain intersectionality Explain at least one social philosophy from the textbook. For instance, you might discuss utilitarianism, Rawls, Marx, Nozick, Du Bois, King, or Beauvoir. If the theory has a clear correlate, please discuss it as well. Illustrate your understanding of both […]
Write a Position Paper Do people, at the end of the day, always do what they desire most? Or do people sometimes act strictly for the good of “the Other,” without even a trace of self-interest? you will be writing a “position paper” [word count = minimum:1800 words – maximum: 2300 words]: this is a research […]
1. In Week One, we looked at the view of Ruth Benedict (discussed in Chapter 3 of Rosenstand’s The Moral of the Story) a 20th-century anthropologist, who says that, “Normality…is culturally defined,” and “the concept of the normal is properly a variant of the concept of [the] good” (Benedict [from “Anthropology and the Abnormal (1934),]” […]
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Since Chapter 10 from Skousen is primarily concerned with the contribution of Americans to the field of Economics, I want you do to a bit of research. Make a list of Americans who have won the Nobel Prize in Economics in the last thirty years (1983-2013) and write a short paragraph for each person explaining […]
