Identity In this discussion board we focus on identity. Please consider and reflect on the following questions: What is it that makes you you? What is your identity? ' In Chapter 11 Derek Parfit ("Personal Identity" page...
For Journal 8 please select one reading from Chapter 12 ('What is Race? What is Gender?'). Summarize-In your own words - the argument given in the reading and explain whether you agree or disagree and why. Please make sure your submission is at least 250...
PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING IN 50 WORDS OR LESS: According to Bostrom’s three options for simulation hypothesis, the first one is that almost all of humanity goes extinct before reaching technological maturity, the second one is that the ancestors that are creating this simulation...
There is an important relationship between prudence and virtue in Aristotle’s ethics. To fully understand his conception of virtue, it is necessary to understand his conception of prudence and how it relates to virtue. Describe the relationship between prudence and virtue, according to Aristotle. Does...
What is Aristotle’s general conception of prudence, as he describes it in Book VI, Chapters 1-7 ofNicomachean Ethics? How does deliberation and goal-directed action relate to prudence? What is the end to which prudence aims (i.e. what is its goal)? Contrast Aristotle’s general conception of prudence with his...
In preparation for the 'halfway point' of our class please take this time to reflect on what we've covered so far in class. What has had the most impact so far? Why? Please make sure your submission is academic, grammatically sound, and at least 250...
In Chapter 8 of our textbook David Chalmers (in "The Hard Problem of Consciousness" page 384) discusses 'philosophical zombies'. What does he mean by this? Why do 'zombies suggest that materialism must be false'? Please make sure your journal submission is at least 250 words,...
Are Things as They Appear? The philosopher Nick Bostrom gives us three possibilities in "Are We Living In a Computer Simulation". Please read this inclusion in Chapter 9 (page 442) and review the following video: Nick Bostrom's Simulation ArgumentLinks to an external site. Which of...
PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING IN 50 WORDS OR MORE: No, I don't believe that we can ever really understand what an experience is for someone else. For example, pain. How one person experiences physical pain is subjective. We can't really know if the...
In Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 3, Aristotle discusses the qualities of a magnanimous (i.e. great-souled) person. A magnanimous person is someone who has genuine pride and authentic self-esteem due to possessing real virtues and accomplishments. According to Aristotle, such a person is very different from a vain person. (A...