Should capital punishment be legal if the state deems that the offender cannot rehabilitate?Discuss
Should capital punishment be legal if the state deems that the offender cannot rehabilitate?Discuss
Category: Philosophy
If Laudan is correct, what is the right way to determine if creation science is a science or not? Do you think creation science (or its more recent version, “intelligent design”) is a science and so should be taught in public high school biology courses? Explain.
Present and explain the debate between Ruse and Laudan over “creation science.” First, what is creation science and why was it being challenged in court? Then present Ruse’s “five characteristics” which he presented as a way of determining what is necessary for being a genuine science. Then present in detail Laudan’s counter-arguments against Ruse’s characteristics […]
Assess, analyse and present your perspectives concerning the components of the Service Package as you consider they might apply to the “Emporium”, a high-end retail complex, located in Lonsdale Street, in the central Melbourne CBD.
“Assess, analyse and present your perspectives concerning the components of the Service Package as you consider they might apply to the “Emporium”, a high-end retail complex, located in Lonsdale Street, in the central Melbourne CBD.” Australia
Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three premises opposing your position from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues.
State your position on the topic you selected in the Week 3 assignment, Conflicting Viewpoints Essay: Part 1. Identify three premises (reasons) from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues that support your position, and explain why you selected these specific reasons. Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three premises opposing your position […]
Does race/sex/gender/class/sexual orientation play a role in who you are? Is gender identity a fixed biological reality? Why or why not?
Does your essence determine your existence (as in the avocado view), or are you a product of your choices and environment (as in the artichoke view)? Or do you not have a solid, separate self at all (as in the non-Western views of the self)? Does race/sex/gender/class/sexual orientation play a role in who you are? […]
Briefly explain Aristotle’s virtue ethics, including how “habit” and political discourse are fundamental to the Good Life.
1. Briefly explain the theory of utilitarianism, along with two of the strongest objections often posed against it. 2. Briefly explain the theory of ethical egoism, along with two of the strongest objections often posed against it. 3. Briefly explain Kant’s ethical theory, including how one uses both version of the Categorical Imperative in order […]
Consider and explain the views of Thomson and Marquis on the issue of abortion. Who has the superior view? Defend your answer.
Consider and explain the views of Thomson and Marquis on the issue of abortion. Who has the superior view? Defend your answer.
How can we explain why civilians ought not to be targeted? What is it about combatants that makes them appropriate targets in war.
How can we explain why civilians ought not to be targeted? What is it about combatants that makes them appropriate targets in war.
Explain and evaluate the theory of mind known as “Identity Theory.”
Explain and evaluate the theory of mind known as “Identity Theory.” Write your essay as if you are writing to a friend who missed class on the day this was discussed. There is no bibliography or works cited page required. You may write in first person or even write the essay as if it were […]
Do you agree with Karl Marx’s theory of class consciousness (specifically, for our purposes, the idea that working class consciousness does not yet match the existing social reality)?Discuss
1 Do you agree with Karl Marx’s theory of class consciousness (specifically, for our purposes, the idea that working class consciousness does not yet match the existing social reality)? Relativists argue that truth depends on one’s culture. In a sense, Hegel and Marx agree; however, they both think that “truth” is changing (or moving towards) […]