Part I - Explain the author's argument in the article that you’ve chosen. In his/her view, what is the correct position to have on the applied ethics issue you chose? What are the reasons that he/she gives in support of his/her...
For this discussion board please review Peter Singer's entry in our textbook "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" (Page 678). You also may want to review the following video: Peter Singer's Examined LifeLinks to an external site. Based on the reading (and video) what does Peter...
PLEASE READ THE POST BELOW AND RESPOND TO IT IN 50 WORD OR MORE: Ethics are based on our morals and that everyone has free will but what is free will? Free will is the theory that we make our own decisions and actions, This...
What did you notice with the comic strip on the left? How can you relate to this act? Why? about you trash some garbage anywhereScreenshot_20231016-1604562.png ...
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POST OF ANOTHER CLASSMTE BELOW IN 50 WORDS OR MORE: What makes you you is your perspective. For instance, you have experiences that have shaped you as a person, experiences that have taught you right from wrong, and lessons. You have learned things...
PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING POST FROM ANOTHER CLASSMATE IN 50 WORDS OR MORE: The freedom from bodily restraints that would prohibit us from behaving gives us the appearance of having free will over our actions and ideas. When we put our plans into motion,...
Robert Nozick famously created a thought experiment known as the "Experience Machine". Please watch this short video clip that includes an explanation of this thought expirement: Nozick's Experience MachineLinks to an external site. In this journal submission please discuss whether you would 'enter' the...
In Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII Page (99-119), Aristotle discusses “incontinence,” or weakness of will. In the case of weakness of will, a person knows which action is in accord with virtue, but allows appetites to overpower reason and chooses to act against reason and virtue. Aristotle argues...
In order to 'have' ethics, however, we must also have free will. This makes sense, right? We can't blame someone morally if, in fact, that person did not choose the action under consideration. Or is this not the case? What do you think? What role...
Please take this opportunity to start thinking about your final assignment for PHI 2010. Your final assignment will be submitted during Module 14. For your final assignment get ready to delve deeper into applied philosophy. Please choose a disciplinary area that you could see yourself potentially working...