Social Science – Philosophy

After reading Chapter 11: Virtue Ethics of the book Beginning Ethics, address the following prompts at the end of the chapter:  1.) How do virtue ethicists use moral exemplars? (support your response with examples); and  2.) What elements do virtue

  Let us consider [] a pair of cases which I shall call Rescue I and Rescue II. In the first Rescue story we are hurrying in our jeep to save some people let there be five of them who

    #1: Epistemology: The Math Question: Rationalists, like Descartes, argue that there is such a thing as “Innate Knowledge”, while Empiricists argue that knowledge comes from the experience of the senses. Explore this debate. Answer the question: How do you

 APA format at least 250 words.  Aristotle believed that the virtues that mattered were the habits that engaged the intellect and restrained the emotions, because he thought that practical reason was the best definition of a good life. Gilligan and

  What is an argument and explanation? Define those concepts with proper examples and their divisions. How do we describe statements and sentences by using examples. How can we standardize an argument. Explain with example. Why descriptions, assertions and explanations

 – After reading all of Chapter 13, please select ONE of the following primary source readings: People or Penguins by William F. Baxter (starting on page 442)-or- Its Not my Fault: Global Warming and Individual Moral Obligations by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

 STEP 1 – After reading all of Chapter 21, please select ONE of the following primary source readings: Famine, Affluence, and Morality by Peter Singer (starting on page 829)-or- Lifeboat Ethics by Garrett Hardin (starting on page 835)-or- A Critique of

 STEP 1 – After reading all of Chapter 20, please select ONE of the following primary source readings: The Morality of Migration by Seyla Benhabib (starting on page 766)-or- The Moral Dilemma of U.S. Immigration Policy Revisited: Open Borders vs.

 Youll write four essays total this term, 350-500 words each.  Please note: You must submit your essays to TWO (2) separate places for grading and review:    Instructions Choose either Topic A, Topic B, or Topic C. To answer these topics

Please select one of the questions below to address as your initial post. Feel free to respond to classmates’ posts on different questions. Do you find Gould’s argument of nonoverlapping magisteria convincing? Why or why not? If a philosopher or