Nietzsche’s Challenge A challenge to what? ? To say why he is wrong! To show that there is more to ??ethics?? than he thinks. Defend the idea of duty! Or the r

  Nietzsche's Challenge A challenge to what?   To say why he is wrong! To show that there is more to “ethics” than he thinks. Defend the idea of duty! Or the requirement about the happiness of others! Or that being a noble person is in the...

Laurence Blum argues that the special evil of racism lies in its historical tie to the ??social and systematic horrors?? of slavery, apartheid, Nazism, etc., in 2 ways

  Laurence Blum argues that the special evil of racism lies in its historical tie to the “social and systematic horrors” of slavery, apartheid, Nazism, etc., in 2 ways: 1. The fact of that connection 2. Because present racism reminds us of that...

Select an area of philosophy (metaphysics, epistemology, OR ethics), and then pick one of the corresponding films from the list below to use as the basis for yo

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There will be a Zoom Call held at the beginning of Week 5 (7/1) for discussion of the Final work Please compose an APA academically formatted and composed wo

  There will be a Zoom Call held at the beginning of Week 5 (7/1) for discussion of the Final work Please compose an APA academically formatted and composed work with a minimum of four peer reviewed academic references (scholarly journal articles and academic...

Make and defend an argument about whether or not metaethical cultural relativism (or moral relativism) is true or false.? To do so you’ll need not only to ex

  Make and defend an argument about whether or not metaethical cultural relativism (or moral relativism) is true or false.  To do so you'll need not only to explain reasoning from course content but also identify objections to the argument you...

Paul Taylor, via Jorge Garcia, frames racism in the term disregard. Do you find this term satisfactory? Why or Why not? If not, what would you add to fully c

  Paul Taylor, via Jorge Garcia, frames racism in the term disregard. Do you find this term satisfactory? Why or Why not? If not, what would you add to fully capture what racism is and does?  In your response, remember these three pillars in critical...

What are some common criticisms you’ve heard about Critical Race Theory? How might a clearer understanding of CRT and/or Critical Pedagogy contribute to the

  Second: After reviewing your readings and the videos, answer all of the following questions. 1) What are some common criticisms you've heard about Critical Race Theory? How might a clearer understanding of CRT and/or Critical Pedagogy contribute to...

Here again is the Basic Problem of Evil: 1. If God is omnipotent, then God is able to prevent evil 2. If God is omnibenevolent, then God?wants to prevent evil

  Here again is the Basic Problem of Evil: 1. If God is omnipotent, then God is able to prevent evil 2. If God is omnibenevolent, then God wants to prevent evil 3. If God is omniscient, then God knows how to prevent evil. 4. If a 3 "O" God...

To be or not to bea determinist. Now that you’ve had a chance to think about determinism, what do you think? Is it a persuasive theory why or why not? In th

To be or not to be…a determinist. Now that you’ve had a chance to think about determinism, what do you think? Is it a persuasive theory – why or why not? In this discussion board, please answer this question by arguing why the mind IS reducible to...

a) Kant’s Categorical Imperative b) Mill’s Principle of Utility You must first explain the author’s argument then give a step by step argument ex

  a) Kant's Categorical Imperative b) Mill's Principle of Utility You must first explain the author's argument then give a step by step argument explaining why you think the argument is plausible or implausible. If you defend the argument you must...

Help interpret Kant’s dealer?? (i.e. shop-keeper) example a

 Help interpret Kant's “dealer” (i.e. shop-keeper) example at 397. If you are one of the first people participating in this board, feel free to get credit by simply describing the example. Everyone else: what is the point of the example? What...

At the tail end of his reply to what I called the ‘bestial’

 At the tail end of his reply to what I called the "bestial" objection to Utilitarianism, Mill argued, “A being of higher faculties requires more to make him happy, is capable probably of more acute suffering, and certainly accessible to it at...