You may have heard of Aesop, the writer of the fables we typically think of as children's bedtime stories. Not so quick, however, Aesop was born a slave and earned his freedom by learning to read and write. It is alleged that Socrates, Ancient Greek...
We continue our topic of free will - now looking at another approach. We saw that according to Determinists like D'Holbach, we really do not have free will, there are only a physical, causal chains of events, and our actions are included in those: therefore...
Unit 1 DB: MoralityWhat would you do if you had a ring-like Gyges had? On what would you base your morality if given the opportunity to act under a cloak of invisibility?Read and respond to two classmates' posts. Let them know if you would trust...
Topic 4 continued: Can machines be said to 'think'? We know they can 'compute', and we know that brains also 'compute'. So what is the difference between a computer and a brain? If Physicalism is true, could we build a machine that could be said...
this topic looks into the intriguing question as to whether we humans really have free will - that is, are we really free to make any choice, to do whatever we will, in a way that is NOT predetermined by something that happened in the...
Term paper: 20 points. About 2500 words (this works out to about 4-5 pages).There are two options for this paper; you may choose whichever you prefer. (1) Find an issue or problem in business or professional ethics from the business pages of a newspaper, or...
Suppose someone tries to show that we should believe God exists like this: Any proposition is either true or false. Thus, there is a 50% chance that any proposition is true. Since 'God exists' is a proposition, there is at least a 50% chance that...
Required Discussion Forum: Chapter 3 begins with two narrative accounts of people facing the question of euthanasia. Perhaps more than any other moral issues to be discussed this semester, students have direct experience with questions relating to euthanasia through personal situations similar to those discussed in...
Reading & Writing Assignment # 4 Reading Assignment: Read the chapter eleven 'Scientific Reasoning' from your Course -Text book. Writing Assignment ( Reach Paper): : What are the major limitations of Mill's methods? If they are so limited, why do scientists still use these methods...
Read the The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity 203 and in a 250-word response, consider the following: What do these accounts tell us about Christianity during this time? Does the fact that Perpetua is a woman change how you see this piece of literature in...