Philosophy Essay

Select one of the prompts below. Be sure to complete all of the tasks included in the prompt. Your essay should be double-spaced in a 12-point font, between 3 and 5 pages long, and MLA format. Grab evidence from your given reading assignments, NO OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES.

1. What is the responsibility of an individual who lives in an unjust society?  Examine two arguments we have read that address this issue, and evaluate them. (Texts/evidence to pull from: Charles W. Mills and Hannah Arendt).

2. Select two thinkers from the following list that disagree with one another on an issue in political philosophy.  Explain the argument of each thinker in detail. Which thinkers position do you find more compelling, if either? Be sure to defend your view with an argument. (Available options: Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Hobbes, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, G.A. Cohen, Charles W. Mills, and Hannah Arendt)

*Attached to the assignment are the reading assignments to pull evidence from.