Category Archives: Philosophy

Do your biases match a particular cultural/political/religious group?

List at least one moral issue on which you have changed your thinking. What caused you to change your mind? Consider all of the relevant factors that may have led to the change: i.e. changes in experience, changes in emotion, changes in logic, changes in evidence, etc. You don’t have to answer all of the […]

Do you think that Socrates’ view that philosophy is “preparation for death” makes life more or less valuable?

Socrate Answer the question specifically Do you think that Socrates’ view that philosophy is “preparation for death” makes life more or less valuable? Doesn’t his position make life valuable only if in death, you (or your soul) continue to exist (in some other form)? Doesn’t this put human life in service to an afterlife?

Does the example of prisoners and medical experimentation provide a special case for the standards of informed consent and reasoning supporting it or do his standards and arguments apply equally to more ordinary medical circumstances where informed consent is required?

Research paper Philosophy (Business Ethics) Critically discuss whether and how professional ethics is distinct from ordinary ethics, using two different professions as the basis for your discussion. For each of the two professions you choose, provide at least one example of a situation where, arguably, professional duties would require a violation of ordinary morality. For […]

write a 500-700 word draft explaining what the Mind/Body Problem is, using an example from popular media to illustrate the issue.

Throughout this course we will build an argumentative paper in stages, beginning with expository sections and working up to a final section where you argue for a thesis of your own. The topic of the paper is the Mind/Body Problem, and the eventual goal of the paper is to argue in support of the philosophical […]

What are the key differences between these natural philosophers-Are there any similarities?

Topic: The pre-Socratics Heraclitus and Parmenides ESSAY PROMPT Compare and contrast the pre-Socratics Heraclitus and Parmenides. What are the key differences between these natural philosophers? Are there any similarities? Use chapter 2 of our textbook and in class PowerPoint only. Just add the quote The body copy may be 2 paragraphs if necessary. Include at […]

How your personal philosophy of change can support your continued development of some or all of the 10 Skills.

PHI 201 Assignment 4 Presentation Scenario: A local business leader is looking for ways to promote change around personal and professional growth and learning for all members of the community. They have asked you to present your philosophy of change to the community through a recorded presentation (or live, if in the classroom) or through […]

What consequences might you face, and what do you think the right response to those consequences ought to be?

in detail how Socrates’ seemingly simple question “what is piety?” was not only radical in its implications but also, from the point of view of the state authority of his day, very dangerous.What would that question be, and to whom would you address it? What consequences might you face, and what do you think the […]

Select one of any of the articles we have covered this semester (for instance Aristotle, Kant, Bentham, Mill, Nietzsche etc) and describe what you take the principal argument[s] to be.

Fin discussion Select one of any of the articles we have covered this semester (for instance Aristotle, Kant, Bentham, Mill, Nietzsche etc) and describe what you take the principal argument[s] to be. Your answers should be at a minimum one paragraph in length or as long as you like up to a total of two […]

How does evolution take place according to Sankhya philosophy-Is evolution really possible if Purusa and Prakrti are separate ?

The Sankhya Philosophy How does evolution take place according to Sankhya philosophy ? Is evolution really possible if Purusa and Prakrti are separate ? give reasons in support of your answer Students will be expected to undertake an in depth, critical analysis of the major philosophical themes with a special emphasis on how the work […]