What is Mill’s “Harm Principle”? What two key reasons does Mill give for thinking it is sound? What is paternalism?
Provide an Argument • Pick one of the questions from the list below. • Answer the question with “yes” or “no.” (But not both. You must take a side for this assignment.) • Give two different reasons for thinking that the answer you picked is the correct answer. • Be sure to use reasons that support your view. • Be sure to use widely available reasons. • Take care that you do not assume what you are trying to prove. • Explain each reawn dearly in separate paragraphs of 150-200 words. Pick one of these questions: • (Free Will) Can there be an exception to the principle that every event necessarily follows from antecedent sufficient conditions? • (Free Will) Is it possible for a person not to act on their strongest desire at the time? • (Knowledge) Do a beautiful person, a beautiful tree, and a beautiful song have something in common? • (Knowledge/Religion) Is it possible for God to make 2 and 3 equal to something other than 5? • (Religion) Is the existence of imperfections in creatures compatible with their being designed by an all-powerful, all-good, all-knowing God? • (Religion) Could God have created a free will that could or would only choose good and never choose evil? • (Political Philosophy) Socrates holds that it is always morally wrong to mistreat others, even if they have mistreated you. Is this correct? • (Political Philosophy) Do you have a duty to your government analogous to your duty to your family?
