Category: Philosophy : Philosophy

The final project is on BLAME. For any 2-3 day stretch over the next 8 days I want you to keep track of how many times you blame.  How many times do you blame yourself, others, your favorite sports players, some random person you heard about in the news, a friend who is late; count…

A three-page essay about a book (Martha C. Nussbaum, Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach). Explain how it applies to real world issues and if it is effective in providing solutions for social justice issues.

This assignment requires the text book Second Treatise of Government, John Locke. ISBN-13:9780915144860. Using text examine John Locke’s seminal work on government and liberty. Cite from text book

The question is “Do we or do we not have Free Will?” I have given you FOUR primary documents to read and use to help guide you through this simple, but yet difficult question. You should understand these concepts enough to see how they would apply to your position on the question of “Free Will.”…

Using the text Meditation, Rene Descartes 3rd edition, does his understanding of “being” greatly enhance or reduce the question of “Do we have free will” CITE YOUR SORCE FROM THE TEXT

For your assignment submission, you’ll include: 2-3 specific (Direct) quotations from Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria and Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death that you are considering using in your final paper. Make sure to include page numbers or website references for your chosen specific quotations. Note: The more specifically you can connect to the exact words of the philosopher, the more…

This is an argumentative essay on a philosophy topic.  You will make an argument on some philosophy topic covered in this course this semester.  The specific topic is up to you, so long as it comes from within the scope of the material covered in the course (this includes material in the readings, even if…

Intersecting Insights on Adversity, Inner Peace, Virtue, and Fulfillment: Wisdom from Ancient Voices Different traditions offer unique perspectives on handling life’s difficulties. By examining the Acts of the Apostles, Stoic philosophy, Tacitus’ account of Agricola, and St. Augustine’s life (described in Confessions), we can uncover practical insights about adversity, inner peace, virtue, and fulfillment. Choose any two topics…

Professors post: “As discussed in the lecture and reflected in the readings, moral philosophy tends to assume the existence of free will. This tendency is reflected across history and across cultures. Given the seeming necessity of some capacity for free choice if there is to be any meaning to morally laden ideas such as good…

Please choose one of the prompts and write a paper between 1000 and 1500 words long. This is almost twice as long as the short papers. Enter the text or upload a file (doc, docx, rtf, txt, or odt format, no pdf). Write the prompt number at the top. There is no need to include the text of the prompt in your submission (if you…